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Property Tax Relief for Homeowners
Enfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2021Adam H. Langley and Joan Youngman“This is a must-read guide for those thinking about possible reform and ways to ensure the property tax remains an equitable source of local support.” — Kim Rueben, Sol Price Fellow...
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Through the Roof
What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in AmericaEnfoques en políticas de sueloMarzo 2021Ingrid Gould Ellen, Jeffrey Lubell, and Mark A. Willis“Through the Roof is a ray of light in dark times. Housing has always been at the center of economic and racial inequality in our nation, and it must be at the center of creating real...
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The Empty House Next Door
Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United StatesEnfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2018Alan Mallach“Alan Mallach is the sage of the national vacant properties movement. There is no one better qualified to tell the story of vacant property trends, impacts, and strategies through data and...
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Buy-In for Buyouts
The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood ZonesEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2016Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare BrawleyThis report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...
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Detroit and the Property Tax
Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance RevenueEnfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2015Gary Sands and Mark SkidmoreThis report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...
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Inclusionary Housing
Creating and Maintaining Equitable CommunitiesEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2015Rick JacobusThis report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...
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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World
Enfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2014Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. LinnThe economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...
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Arrested Developments
Combating Zombie Subdivisions and Other Excess EntitlementsEnfoques en políticas de sueloEnero 2014Jim Holway, Don Elliott, and Anna TrentadueDrawing on case studies, survey results, and data analyses of abandoned residential development projects in the U.S. Intermountain West, this report shows local leaders how to identify and overcome...
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Preventing House Price Bubbles
Lessons from the 2006–2012 BustEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2013James R. Follain and Seth H. GiertzThe boom and bust in house prices from 2006 to 2012 generated widespread fallout, affecting metropolitan areas across the country. But the extent of the damage varied widely, suggesting that local...
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Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina
Enfoques en políticas de sueloOctubre 2011In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...
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