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1. The Empty House Next Door

   Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States
   Policy Briefs
   August 2020
   Alan Mallach

   Vacant 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...

2. Exploratory Scenario Planning

   How to Navigate an Uncertain Future
   Policy Briefs
   August 2020
   Jeremy Stapleton

   As uncertainty about the future grows, communities face new challenges—including rapid urban development, mass migration, pandemics, technological advancement, and climate change—at an...

3. Antiguas ciudades industriales

   Construir un renacimiento equitativo
   Policy Briefs
   May 2020
   Jessie Grogan

   Las 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...

4. Viviendas inclusivas

   Crear y mantener comunidades igualitarias
   Policy Briefs
   February 2020
   Rick Jacobus

   Las 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...

5. Land Value Return

   Tools to Finance Our Urban Future
   Policy Briefs
   January 2020
   Lourdes Germán and Allison Ehrich Bernstein

   Communities 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...

6. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Policy Briefs
   December 2019
   Rick Jacobus

   Inclusionary 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...

7. Planificación de escenarios

   Aceptar la incertidumbre para tomar mejores decisiones
   Policy Briefs
   June 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Mediante el proyecto Lugares Sustentables de Austin, los funcionarios electos, dueños de propiedades, residents locales y otros interesados de Dripping Springs, Texas, usan adhesivos de...

8. Scenario Planning

   Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better Decisions
   Policy Briefs
   March 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Faced 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...

9. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Policy Briefs
   February 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax 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...

10. The Future of America’s Middle Neighborhoods

    Setting the Stage for Revival
    Policy Briefs
    November 2018
    Alan Mallach

    Often overlooked, middle neighborhoods matter—both to the people who live in them and to their cities and regions—and solutions demand engagement not only from the neighborhood itself but also from the city, region, and state.