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‘Through the Roof’ Confronts Affordable Housing Crisis, Bridges Divide in Policy Debate
March 2021, English
Faced with a housing crisis that has grown even more urgent under the stress of the COVID pandemic, local U.S. governments need to adopt comprehensive and balanced housing strategies to ensure everyone can access a stable and affordable place to live, according to a new Policy Focus Report from the Lincoln Institute of Land […]
March 2021, English
Faced with a housing crisis that has grown even more urgent under the stress of the COVID pandemic, local U.S. governments need to adopt comprehensive and balanced housing strategies to ensure everyone can access a stable and affordable place to live, according to a new Policy Focus Report from the Lincoln Institute of Land […]
Through the Roof
What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America
March 2021, English
March 2021, English
Land Matters Podcast
Season 2, Episode 2: Coauthor of Through the Roof on How Housing Can Be More Affordable
February 2021, English
Early on in Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America, the report’s authors describe the deep roots of the affordability crisis with what they say is “cruel math”: between 1960 and 2016, median income rose by about 11 percent, while median rents rose by 80 […]
February 2021, English
Early on in Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America, the report’s authors describe the deep roots of the affordability crisis with what they say is “cruel math”: between 1960 and 2016, median income rose by about 11 percent, while median rents rose by 80 […]
Regional Transportation
Northeast Rail Advocates Make a Major Play for Federal Infrastructure Funds
February 2021, English
This article is reprinted with permission from CityLab, where it originally appeared. It is an audacious vision for high-speed rail in the Northeast: new tunnels out of New York City and under the Long Island Sound, routing trains up through Hartford, Providence and Boston. With electric locomotives that top 200 miles per hour, travel time between New […]
February 2021, English
This article is reprinted with permission from CityLab, where it originally appeared. It is an audacious vision for high-speed rail in the Northeast: new tunnels out of New York City and under the Long Island Sound, routing trains up through Hartford, Providence and Boston. With electric locomotives that top 200 miles per hour, travel time between New […]
Integrating Land and Water
Tools, Practices, Processes, and Evaluation Criteria
February 2021, English
February 2021, English
In Memoriam
H. James Brown, Former President of the Lincoln Institute
February 2021, English
H. James (Jim) Brown, who served as president of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy from 1996 to 2005, died Sunday, January 24, 2021, in New York City. He was 80 years old. Brown, a native of Indiana who grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, studied economics before becoming a specialist in urban planning, […]
February 2021, English
H. James (Jim) Brown, who served as president of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy from 1996 to 2005, died Sunday, January 24, 2021, in New York City. He was 80 years old. Brown, a native of Indiana who grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, studied economics before becoming a specialist in urban planning, […]
Making the Comeback
Reversing the Downward Trajectory of African American Middle Neighborhoods in Legacy Cities
February 2021, English
February 2021, English
Accelerating Community Investment
Lincoln Institute Launches Initiative to Mobilize Investment in Low-Income Communities
January 2021, English
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched an initiative to mobilize investment in low-income communities, especially those that have been excluded from access to mainstream financial and wealth-building resources. The initiative, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI), seeks to create a more fertile environment for philanthropies and other mission-aligned investors to deepen investment in community […]
January 2021, English
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched an initiative to mobilize investment in low-income communities, especially those that have been excluded from access to mainstream financial and wealth-building resources. The initiative, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI), seeks to create a more fertile environment for philanthropies and other mission-aligned investors to deepen investment in community […]
