Showing: All Publications
Should We Allow More Homes to Be Built in Existing Neighborhoods?
By Amy Dain
November 2022, English
Where should new multifamily housing go? This is a fundamental question facing 175 communities across eastern Massachusetts as they work to implement a new law intended to address the region’s housing shortage. The law requires cities and towns served by Greater Boston’s public transit agency, the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), to enact zoning […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
November 2022, English
Where should new multifamily housing go? This is a fundamental question facing 175 communities across eastern Massachusetts as they work to implement a new law intended to address the region’s housing shortage. The law requires cities and towns served by Greater Boston’s public transit agency, the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), to enact zoning […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center Celebrates 15th Anniversary
By Katharine Wroth
November 2022, English
This fall marked the 15th anniversary of the Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC). Established in 2007, the center has become a leading authority on land policy issues in China, including the property tax, municipal finance, land and housing policies, and land conservation. To celebrate this milestone, the PLC held an […]
Climate Change, Land Conservation, Property Tax, Urbanization
November 2022, English
This fall marked the 15th anniversary of the Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC). Established in 2007, the center has become a leading authority on land policy issues in China, including the property tax, municipal finance, land and housing policies, and land conservation. To celebrate this milestone, the PLC held an […]
Climate Change, Land Conservation, Property Tax, Urbanization
Urban Growth Boundaries for Watershed Health
Managing the Impacts of Peripheral Land Uses on Water Quantity and Quality
Lance Gloss
November 2022, English
Working Paper
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Water
November 2022, English
Working Paper
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Water
How State Aid and Local Property Taxes Can Together Fund Quality Education for All Students
November 2022, English
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 students, according to a new Policy Focus Report published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. In Rethinking the Property Tax–School Funding […]
Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
November 2022, English
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 students, according to a new Policy Focus Report published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. In Rethinking the Property Tax–School Funding […]
Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma
By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky
November 2022, English
Policy Focus Report
Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
November 2022, English
Policy Focus Report
Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone
November 2022, English
Mayor Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr took office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in May 2018, after serving as head of the Freetown City Council. A finance professional with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, she had previously been involved with the campaign against blood diamonds and was instrumental in the response to […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Informal Settlements, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance
November 2022, English
Mayor Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr took office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in May 2018, after serving as head of the Freetown City Council. A finance professional with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, she had previously been involved with the campaign against blood diamonds and was instrumental in the response to […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Informal Settlements, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance
Impacto das Restrições Construtivas nos Preços dos Imóveis em São Paulo
Uma análise exploratória para São Paulo, Brasil
Danilo Igliori, Sergio Castelani, Camila Maleronka, Flávia Leite, Rodger Campos, and Mariangela Christie
November 2022, Portuguese
Working Paper
Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
November 2022, Portuguese
Working Paper
Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
草根的力量
⼟地保护组织应对⽓候变化的解决⽅案
James N. Levitt and Chandni Navalkha
November 2022, Chinese
Policy Focus Report
Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Conservation
November 2022, Chinese
Policy Focus Report
Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Conservation
Subscribe to receive the monthly digital edition of our magazine, Land Lines, and occasional announcements.