Publications

October 2020, Spanish

  A principio de año, Kizzy Jefferson cerró la compra de su primera casa. La residencia recién terminada, de tres habitaciones y dos baños, ubicada en Acre Homes, un vecindario de tradición negra del noroeste de Houston, se vendió por US$ 75.000, menos de un tercio de la mediana de precio para viviendas unifamiliares de […]

October 2020, English

  Earlier this year, Kizzy Jefferson closed on her first house. The newly finished three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence in Acre Homes, a historically Black neighborhood in Northwest Houston, sold for $75,000, less than a third of the city’s median single-family home price of $250,000. Long considered an unusually affordable city, Houston has experienced the same soaring […]

September 2020, English

  In this era of great uncertainty—whether due to climate change, COVID-19, or changes to urban development, technology, and the global economy—urban planners and government officials face new challenges. The new Lincoln Institute guidebook How to Use Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP): Navigating an Uncertain Future, by Jeremy Stapleton, provides a roadmap for making decisions or […]

September 2020, English

  The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has launched the Legacy Cities Initiative to help policy makers, civic leaders, and other stakeholders build on their city’s strengths and create a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future. The initiative includes cutting-edge research and tools as well as opportunities for participants to connect with peers in other cities through a national network of governmental, civic, and […]