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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
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
Backyard Brouhaha
Could Inclusionary Housing Break the YIMBY Deadlock?
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
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
Community Investment
Hospital System Helps Create Affordable Housing in San Bernardino
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
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