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Books
City and Regional Planning

Design with Nature Now

Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming
Books
City and Regional Planning

Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions

Robert Goodspeed
Policy Focus Reports
Economic Development

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

David Merriman
Books
Land and Property Rights

Property Tax in Africa

Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey
A family consisting of an older woman, older man, woman in her middle years, and four young children stands in front of a beige one-story home with a peaked roof. The older woman holds a baby and the other children are on bicycles and a scooter. There is a truck in the gravel driveway behind them.
Policy Briefs
Housing

Inclusionary Housing

Rick Jacobus

Land Policy in the News

Affordable Housing Forever
Thursday, April 15, 2021
  • The New York Times

Shared equity programs provide a foothold for people who would not otherwise be able to access homeownership.

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  • Impact

    Kelsey FosterCivic Engagement Specialist

    Since completing the Institute's course on municipal finance, I've been able to apply financial solutions from other cities, states, and countries to land use and public finance issues at home in New Orleans.

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    John Rahaim, San FranciscoPlanning Director

    The exchange of ideas with colleagues and experts made possible by the Lincoln Institute is hugely valuable to me as a planner and someone committed to public service.

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    Luciana Moreira, Belo Horizonte, BrazilArchitect

    I am working together with colleagues to improve the way we manage urban planning in Belo Horizonte, Brazil thanks to knowledge gained from the Institute’s course on informal markets and regularization.

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    Representative Jay R. KaufmanChairman of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue

    I know that the Lincoln Institute’s Economic Perspectives programs are first rate as I’ve been attending them for years.

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    Andrew Hanson, Marquette UniversityAssociate Professor of Economics

    The Lincoln Institute has been instrumental in shaping my career by facilitating valuable conferences and supporting a vibrant network of scholars with interest in public finance and urban economics.