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How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2024Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyEvidence presented in several recent academic studies using national datasets indicates widespread regressivity in property tax assessments. This can be due to statutory limits on assessment levels...
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From the House to the Ground: Insights Into the Challenges of Implementing State Housing Policies
OtroSeptiembre 2023Jenny Schuetz, Julia Gill, Semida Munteanu, and Sydney ZelinkaAs housing affordability concerns increase, state legislatures are increasingly intent on implementing reform. New insights from a workshop held by the Lincoln Institute and Brookings Metro offer a look at the challenges and opportunities along the way.
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“Mayor’s Desk” Book Highlights Crucial Work of Local Government Leaders
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2023By Kristina McGeehan, November 7, 202320 innovative leaders from five continents share their struggles and successes, along with strategies for making cities more equitable, sustainable, and healthy places to live and work.
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State Housing Policy Workshop
EventosAbril 13, 2023This workshop is designed to help state officials learn how to effectively track and evaluate the outcomes of newly adopted state housing policies.
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Successful Property Tax Reform: The Case of Massachusetts
Educación a distanciaEnero 26, 2022Faculty: Karl E. Case, Jane Malme, and Ronald RakowThis course examines the deep problems of the Massachusetts property tax in the 1970s and the subsequent reforms that created one of the most functional and fair systems in the United States.
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Four New Projects Will Use Scenario Planning to Explore Housing Affordability
Revista Land LinesAgosto 2023By Jon Gorey, August 10, 2023The Consortium for Scenario Planning has announced the winners of a recent RFP focused on housing affordability.
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Who Owns America: The Geospatial Mapping Technology That Could Help Cities Beat Predatory Investors at Their Own Game
Revista Land LinesJulio 2023By Jon Gorey, July 18, 2023Corporate investors have the upper hand in the housing market, but the Center for Geospatial Solutions is providing communities with the data they need to push back.
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Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation?
The Coastal Barrier Resources System as a Natural ExperimentDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2023Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan ZhangAs natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one...
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Boston’s Beloved Triple-Deckers Are Next-Level Affordable Housing
Revista Land LinesMayo 2023By Anthony Flint, May 24, 2023Industrial cities of New England built thousands of these three-unit apartment buildings for immigrant families — until a backlash brought an end to the boom.
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Nineteen ways to celebrate the historical events of Juneteenth in Boston and beyond
Boston GlobeJunio 9, 2023El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias
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