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The Costs and Benefits of Urban Expansion

Evidence from Mexico, 1990–2010

Jorge Montejano, Paavo Monkkonen, Erick Guerra, and Camilo Caudillo

March 2019, English

Working Paper

Economic Development, Infrastructure, Urbanization

March 2019, English

Working Paper

Economic Development, Infrastructure, Urbanization

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Public Finance

As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?

By Will Jason

March 2019, English

As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.

Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

March 2019, English

As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.

Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

Doing Bad by Doing Good?

An Empirical Analysis of the Incentives from Informal Settlements’ Upgrading Programs on Urban Informality

Cynthia Goytia and Guadalupe Dorna

March 2019, English

Working Paper

Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Urbanization

March 2019, English

Working Paper

Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Urbanization

Políticas de Suelo, Derecho Urbanístico y Cambio Climático

Instrumentos Urbanísticos-Tributarios como Medidas para Enfrentar al Cambio Climático

Safira De La Sala, Melinda Maldonado, and Rachelle Alterman

March 2019, Spanish

Working Paper

Climate Change, Environment, Local Government, Value Capture

March 2019, Spanish

Working Paper

Climate Change, Environment, Local Government, Value Capture

A group of YIMBY advocates pose for a picture with signs supporting California bill SB 827.

Backyard Brouhaha

Could Inclusionary Housing Break the YIMBY Deadlock?

By Anthony Flint

February 2019, English

The movement known as YIMBY, or Yes in My Back Yard, has long argued that more development will reduce housing prices. Critics argue—with some evidence—that things aren't that simple, but some communities are moving forward using inclusionary housing.

Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

February 2019, English

The movement known as YIMBY, or Yes in My Back Yard, has long argued that more development will reduce housing prices. Critics argue—with some evidence—that things aren't that simple, but some communities are moving forward using inclusionary housing.

Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

Photograph shows the side of a blighted building on a city street with crumbling paint

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

David Merriman

February 2019, English

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Property Tax

February 2019, English

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Property Tax

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Community Investment

Hospital System Helps Create Affordable Housing in San Bernardino

By Alyia Gaskins

February 2019, English

  For years, the City of San Bernardino, California, worked with the county housing authority, a nonprofit affordable housing developer called National CORE, and community residents to develop a plan to replace Waterman Gardens—an aging 252-unit public housing complex in desperate need of repair—with high-quality affordable housing. They launched the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization plan, a 38-acre, mixed-income housing […]

Economic Development, Housing

February 2019, English

  For years, the City of San Bernardino, California, worked with the county housing authority, a nonprofit affordable housing developer called National CORE, and community residents to develop a plan to replace Waterman Gardens—an aging 252-unit public housing complex in desperate need of repair—with high-quality affordable housing. They launched the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization plan, a 38-acre, mixed-income housing […]

Economic Development, Housing

Los costos ocultos del TIF

Recapacitar sobre una herramienta elogiada para el desarrollo económico

Por Anthony Flint

February 2019, Spanish

  Molly Metzger no planeaba convertirse en experta en financiamiento por incremento impositivo (TIF), y mucho menos liderar un grupo de ciudadanos enfocado en ese asunto. Pero cuando el conflicto racial de su St. Louis natal tuvo un receso abrupto debido al conocido asesinato de Michael Brown en Ferguson, cerca de allí, se sintió obligada […]

Economic Development, Property Tax

February 2019, Spanish

  Molly Metzger no planeaba convertirse en experta en financiamiento por incremento impositivo (TIF), y mucho menos liderar un grupo de ciudadanos enfocado en ese asunto. Pero cuando el conflicto racial de su St. Louis natal tuvo un receso abrupto debido al conocido asesinato de Michael Brown en Ferguson, cerca de allí, se sintió obligada […]

Economic Development, Property Tax