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1. Evaluating Smart Growth

   State and Local Policy Outcomes
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2009
   Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   As smart growth programs in some states approach their fourth decade, new climate change concerns have raised the stakes on their success in managing urban development. This is an opportune time to...

2. Town–Gown Collaboration in Land Use and Development

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2009
   Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

   Once considered enclaves of intellectual pursuit, institutions of higher education now play a much broader role in their neighborhoods and cities. The character of communities near expanding...

3. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

   Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2009
   John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

   This report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...

4. Property Tax Assessment Limits

   Lessons from Thirty Years of Experience
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2008
   Mark Haveman and Terri A. Sexton

   During the 30 years since California adopted its groundbreaking tax limitation measure known as Proposition 13, pressure has persisted for states to adopt various forms of property tax relief. These...

5. The City-CLT Partnership

   Municipal Support for Community Land Trusts
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2008
   John Emmeus Davis and Rick Jacobus

   Based on a review of three dozen municipal programs and interviews with local officials and community land trust (CLT) practitioners, this report describes how cities are investing in existing CLTs...

6. Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Março 2008
   Sarah Treuhaft and G. Thomas Kingsley

   A new era of data democracy has arrived, enabling tremendous improvements in land information systems and opening up a wealth of opportunities for the practice of community development and the...

7. The Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Dezembro 2007
   Daphne A. Kenyon

   This report seeks to correct common misconceptions surrounding the practice of relying on the proprety tax to fund public schools. Through a comprehensive review of research and seven case studies,...

8. Reinventing Conservation Easements

   A Critical Examination and Ideas for Reform
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2005
   Jeff Pidot

   Conservation easements represent one of the most rapid trends in land conservation. Beyond tax credits, tax deductions, and other public subsidies that provide financial incentive for landowners to...

9. Tierra vacante en las ciudades de América Latina

   Desafíos y oportunidades
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Dezembro 2004
   Adriana de Araujo Larangeira

   This Spanish-language publication, Tierra vacante en las ciudades de América Latina: Desafíos y oportunidades (Vacant Land in Latin American Cities: Challenges and Opportunities),...

10. Exploring Ad Hoc Regionalism

    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Dezembro 2002
    Douglas R. Porter and Allan D. Wallis

    A growing number of urban challenges—from threats of environmental degradation and sprawl, to social and fiscal disparity, to economic transformation and globalization—call for action at...