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Grassroots Conservation (Minus the Grass)
A growing movement is inviting nature back into the cities and towns from which it was once expelled, planting native pollinator gardens and Miyawaki microforests in front yards, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots. This StoryMap explores how individuals and municipalities are creating and protecting habitat at the local level.
A growing movement is inviting nature back into the cities and towns from which it was once expelled, planting native pollinator gardens and Miyawaki microforests in front yards, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots. This StoryMap explores how individuals and municipalities are creating and protecting habitat at the local level.
What Does 15 Units Per Acre Look Like?
This StoryMap explores what the metric looks like in the real world, with photographs of street scenes around Greater Boston where the gross neighborhood density is currently about 15 homes per acre or more.
Maps and Infographics
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools
This StoryMap explores what the metric looks like in the real world, with photographs of street scenes around Greater Boston where the gross neighborhood density is currently about 15 homes per acre or more.
Maps and Infographics
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools
Property Tax in Latin America
Files and Datasets
Property Tax, Public Finance
Files and Datasets
Property Tax, Public Finance
Lincoln Institute Vertical Equity App
On a national level, findings of widespread vertical inequity in property tax assessments—with low-priced properties assessed at a higher percentage of market value than high-priced properties—have challenged assessment offices across the US to measure and evaluate the vertical equity in assessment rolls.
Applications and Dashboards
Property Tax
On a national level, findings of widespread vertical inequity in property tax assessments—with low-priced properties assessed at a higher percentage of market value than high-priced properties—have challenged assessment offices across the US to measure and evaluate the vertical equity in assessment rolls.
Applications and Dashboards
Property Tax
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