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1. This Simple Policy Tool Can Make Property Taxes Fairer and Ease Homeowner Hardship

   Revista Land Lines
   Dezembro 2022
   By Jon Gorey, December 6, 2022

   A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.

2. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2022
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This report focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–school...

3. How State Aid and Local Property Taxes Can Together Fund Quality Education for All Students

   Revista Land Lines
   Novembro 2022
   By Allison Ehrich Bernstein, November 15, 2022

   Local property taxes and state aid each have flaws, but a thoughtful combination of these two revenue sources is the most effective recipe for funding a high-quality K–12 education for all...

4. Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Novembro 2022
   By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022

   Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...

5. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

6. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

7. How Property Tax Limits Shift Burdens to New Home Buyers

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2022
   By Will Jason, July 13, 2022.

   Produced annually. the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of local property tax rates by calculating the effective tax rate—the tax paid as a percentage of market value—for 74 large U.S. cities and a r

8. What Makes a Fair School Finance System?

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This working paper explores the complexities involved in defining school funding equity and fairness. In defining what they mean by fairness, state policymakers must address several issues. The first...

9. Designing School Aid Formulas to Achieve High-Quality and Equitable Education

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper describes the school funding formulas necessary to achieve five broad funding goals that have driven school finance policies over the past 50 years. After briefly summarizing the type of...

10. Land Lines, April 2022

    Revista Land Lines
    Abril 2022
    Edited by Katharine Wroth

    This issue explores local solutions to the housing affordability crisis, the rise of a community investment ecosystem in Appalachia, and more.