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The Empty House Next Door
Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United StatesPolicy BriefsAugust 2020Alan MallachVacant and abandoned properties are a familiar part of the American landscape that can devastate entire neighborhoods, diminishing the value of nearby properties. More extreme cases may cause severe...
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Exploratory Scenario Planning
How to Navigate an Uncertain FuturePolicy BriefsAugust 2020Jeremy StapletonAs uncertainty about the future grows, communities face new challenges—including rapid urban development, mass migration, pandemics, technological advancement, and climate change—at an...
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Antiguas ciudades industriales
Construir un renacimiento equitativoPolicy BriefsMay 2020Las antiguas ciudades industriales, que alguna vez impulsaron la industria y la prosperidad, perdieron millones de residentes y empleos en el s. XX debido a la economía cambiante. Con...
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America’s Legacy Cities
Building an Equitable RenaissancePolicy BriefsMarch 2020Legacy cities have been at the center of some of America’s most historic achievements, and they possess a strong civic spirit and culture of innovation at a time when these qualities are most...
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Viviendas inclusivas
Crear y mantener comunidades igualitariasPolicy BriefsFebruary 2020Rick JacobusLas políticas de viviendas inclusivas requieren que los desarrolladores de nuevos inmuebles a precio de mercado ofrezcan viviendas asequibles, a fin de evitar el desplazamiento de residentes...
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Land Value Return
Tools to Finance Our Urban FuturePolicy BriefsJanuary 2020Lourdes Germán and Allison Ehrich BernsteinCommunities around the world face a crisis of investment, yet they often give away their most valuable resource: land. This policy brief lays out how the public sector can recover and reinvest land...
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Inclusionary Housing
Creating and Maintaining Equitable CommunitiesPolicy BriefsDecember 2019Rick JacobusInclusionary housing policies require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide affordable housing, to prevent displacing lower-income residents. In this Policy Brief, Rick Jacobus, a...
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Planificación de escenarios
Aceptar la incertidumbre para tomar mejores decisionesPolicy BriefsJune 2019Robert GoodspeedMediante el proyecto Lugares Sustentables de Austin, los funcionarios electos, dueños de propiedades, residents locales y otros interesados de Dripping Springs, Texas, usan adhesivos de...
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Scenario Planning
Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better DecisionsPolicy BriefsMarch 2019Robert GoodspeedFaced with an unprecedented array of uncertainties, American cities and regions increasingly turn to scenario planning, a procedural tool that enables planners to analyze multiple versions of the...
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Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development
Policy BriefsFebruary 2019David MerrimanTax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...
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