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Tax Battles
Cities Seek Higher Payments in Lieu of Taxes from Nonprofits
March 2020, English
At a recent rally in front of Baltimore City Hall, activists sang, chanted, and otherwise voiced their view that the city’s major nonprofit institutions weren’t “paying their fair share” of property taxes. The gathering came as the City Council explored renegotiating an agreement under which 14 nonprofit universities and hospital systems voluntarily pay the […]
March 2020, English
At a recent rally in front of Baltimore City Hall, activists sang, chanted, and otherwise voiced their view that the city’s major nonprofit institutions weren’t “paying their fair share” of property taxes. The gathering came as the City Council explored renegotiating an agreement under which 14 nonprofit universities and hospital systems voluntarily pay the […]
El declive de los centros comerciales en Estados Unidos
Cómo sortean los municipios los cambios en el panorama de las tiendas minoristas
February 2020, Spanish
La lucha de Bangor Mall es una parábola nacional del cambio de hábitos en el comercio minorista. El centro comercial se construyó en una antigua granja lechera en Maine, abrió las puertas en octubre de 1978 y llegó a atender a dos tercios de la población estatal, gracias a su ubicación conveniente junto a […]
February 2020, Spanish
La lucha de Bangor Mall es una parábola nacional del cambio de hábitos en el comercio minorista. El centro comercial se construyó en una antigua granja lechera en Maine, abrió las puertas en octubre de 1978 y llegó a atender a dos tercios de la población estatal, gracias a su ubicación conveniente junto a […]
Household Mobility and Local Government Finance in U.S. Cities
February 2020, English
February 2020, English
Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad
Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling Conditions
January 2020, English
January 2020, English
At What Cost?
Targeted Taxes Pose Challenges to Equity, Economic Growth
January 2020, English
Cities that feel hamstrung by property tax caps are increasingly using alternative approaches to taxing real estate, with the goal of eking out more revenue and, in some cases, changing behavior. But rather than helping city coffers, experts warn, such moves may be more likely to disrupt economic growth, raise equity concerns, and insert […]
January 2020, English
Cities that feel hamstrung by property tax caps are increasingly using alternative approaches to taxing real estate, with the goal of eking out more revenue and, in some cases, changing behavior. But rather than helping city coffers, experts warn, such moves may be more likely to disrupt economic growth, raise equity concerns, and insert […]
Land Lines, January 2020
January 2020, English
January 2020, English
The Unmalling of America
How Municipalities Are Navigating the Changing Retail Landscape
December 2019, English
The struggling Bangor Mall is a national parable of changing retail habits. Built on a former dairy farm in Maine, the mall threw open its doors in October 1978, growing to serve up to two-thirds of the state’s population with a plum location off a main thoroughfare, Interstate 95, in the middle of the […]
December 2019, English
The struggling Bangor Mall is a national parable of changing retail habits. Built on a former dairy farm in Maine, the mall threw open its doors in October 1978, growing to serve up to two-thirds of the state’s population with a plum location off a main thoroughfare, Interstate 95, in the middle of the […]
Place Database
Contest Winners Use Maps to Tell Stories of Place
November 2019, English
What is the flood mitigation potential of urban parks in Houston? Could an urban growth boundary stop sprawl in the Buffalo-Niagara region? How do zoning regulations perpetuate racial inequality and poverty in Oakland? Academics and government officials explored these and other complex questions as part of The Place Database contest. The contest challenged researchers, […]
November 2019, English
What is the flood mitigation potential of urban parks in Houston? Could an urban growth boundary stop sprawl in the Buffalo-Niagara region? How do zoning regulations perpetuate racial inequality and poverty in Oakland? Academics and government officials explored these and other complex questions as part of The Place Database contest. The contest challenged researchers, […]
