Certain property tax schemes designed to give rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods a tax break might be disproportionately benefiting white homebuyers, explains Professor Andrew Hayashi on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Hayashi, director of the school’s Virginia Center for Tax Law and an expert in tax law and policy and behavioral law and economics, recently wrote a paper on the subject, “Dynamic Property Taxes and Racial Gentrification,” published in the Notre Dame Law Review.

Hayashi and hosts Risa Goluboff and Cathy Hwang discuss the tax plans that lead to discriminatory results, including caps on tax increases and phased-in tax changes based on periodic real estate assessments. They also talk about the history of taxes aggravating racial inequalities, tax deferral regimes and the recent drive to tax wealth to address economic inequality.

This season, called “Co-Counsel” features a rotating set of co-hosts: Hwang, Danielle K. Citron, John C. Harrison and Gregory Mitchell. Each is joining Goluboff to discuss cutting-edge research on law topics of their choice.

“Common Law” is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, YouTube, Spotify and other popular places you can listen to podcasts. The show is produced by Emily Richardson-Lorente.

Past seasons have focused on “The Future of Law,” “When Law Changed the World” and “Law and Equity.”

You can follow the show on the website CommonLawPodcast.com or Twitter at @CommonLawUVA.

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