Funding and Grants

Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a local funding program available in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. The property-tax increase created by approved improvements in a declared redevelopment area is redirected to repay eligible project costs for a fixed term.

• LevelLocal
• AdministratorCommunity Redevelopment Authority of the City of Scottsbluff or City of Gering

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Who qualifies

• The parcel lies within an area the municipality has formally declared blighted and substandard under the Community Development Law.
• The project is the subject of an approved redevelopment plan and a redevelopment contract with the Community Redevelopment Authority.
• Only the tax on the added (excess) valuation is divided; the tax on the pre-project base valuation continues to fund every taxing body.

This program is offered in: Scottsbluff, Gering.

Funding terms

Not a cash grant. The ad valorem tax on the project's added valuation (the increment) is divided and applied to eligible redevelopment costs for the period set in the redevelopment contract, not to exceed 15 years (up to 20 years for an extremely blighted area). When the term ends, the full tax, increment included, returns to the schools, county, city, and other taxing bodies.

What you need to apply

• Redevelopment Plan
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Blight and Substandard Determination Study
• Community Redevelopment Authority Redevelopment Agreement

The rule behind this program

Every eligibility statement on this page traces to first-party authority (corpus version 2026.06).

• Authorizing Statute: Community Development Law, Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 18-2101 et seq.; tax-increment financing at Section 18-2147
• Constitutional Basis: Neb. Const. art. VIII, Section 12 (division of taxes for redevelopment of substandard and blighted property)
• Project Data: Community Redevelopment Tax Increment Financing Projects report, Nebraska Department of Revenue (annual)

Advisory only. Eligibility is a deterministic read of public program rules as of the cited corpus version and is not legal advice or a guarantee of funding; every determination must be reviewed against the live program and counsel.