I think this is a compelling case.

Good TIF gets the "what" and the "where" correct. It subsidizes a use that is needed, in a place where that use is especially needed. It also helps if the use has proven demand (like housing in a tight housing market), but the the issue that is preventing development is something non-economic, like discrimination.

Using TIF to correct segregation by subsidizing affordable housing in wealthy areas with good schools, and subsidizing market housing in poor areas with contaminated or stigmatized land seem to me to be generally worthy uses of TIF.