Lincoln Institute in the News


Lincoln Institute in the News

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     Real estate investor Michael Lightman hopes to cash in on a lush woods located in the midst of top-dollar real estate development ...

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According to a recent study by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, at least 218 localities in at least 28 states have received payments in lieu of t...

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NAPLES – Where in the world – literally – will affordable, developable land be found to house and service the stunning population gr...

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The rise of megacities – interactive By 2025, the developing world, as we understand it now, will be home to 29 megacities. We explore the late...

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     Sometimes the press calls for nonprofits to “contribute” to municipal finances given many cities’ long running f...

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At least 218 local governments have received payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from nonprofits that are collectively worth more than $92 million per ...

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     Boston received the most money in 2012 from payments that nonprofit organizations made in lieu of property taxes of any municipali...

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A new report indicates that voluntary payments from nonprofit organizations have done little to improve fiscally strapped local governments’ bud...

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     Earlier this year I attended “The Contested City,” a two-day seminar organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land P...

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A report Friday from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy explores changes in the payments colleges, universities and other tax-exempt insti...

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Consider for a moment what would happen if your city, county and school governments doubled your tax bills. "There would be a huge uproar,” said...

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     September 29, 2012 — As more Massachusetts cities and towns consider asking nonprofits to make, or increase, voluntary payme...

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(Reuters) - Hopes that large payments by nonprofits could fatten lean local budgets, such as that announced by Brown University, do not fully achieve ...

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     At least 218 local governments have received payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from nonprofits that are collectively worth m...

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     Cities are constantly righting the wrongs of decades past. The miscues of the urban renewal era – windswept plazas, hul...

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Building more resilient and prosperous cities is perhaps the grandest of the grand challenges facing the world today. By now, virtually all urban...

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Most nonprofits that own land are eager to avoid paying property taxes, and UPMC -- the biggest private-sector beneficiary of tax-exempt status in All...

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   Each year, about half of the estimated 200,000 eligible households in Maine apply for a property tax or rent refund from the state. Given...

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A taxing change

South Oregon Mail Tribune
The League of Oregon Cities is supporting a move to peg a home's property taxes to its market value — rather than its usually lower assessed val...

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Making no cents

HuffPostLive
Most developed countries fund their schools from federal or state revenue, according to need—not local property taxes. Is it time to overhaul ho...

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