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1. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

2. Large Landscape Conservation

   A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2010
   Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel Kemmis

   The most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...

3. Assessing the Theory and Practice of Land Value Taxation

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Febrero 2010
   Richard F. Dye and Richard W. England

   Through an examination of more than 30 countries and several U.S. municipalities that have implemented a land value tax as an alternative to the traditional property tax, this report helps officials...

4. Planning for Climate Change in the West

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2010
   Rebecca Carter and Susan Culp

   Planning for Climate Change in the West offers regional planners techniques for addressing climate change concerns while they focus on issues affecting regional growth. A warmer and dryer climate in...

5. Land Lines, October 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights U.S. foreclosure rate comparisons between standard market-rate residences and homes owned by land trusts; the effects of the national housing crisis on state and local...

6. Land Lines, July 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue provides various reflections on the U.S. foreclosure crisis of the mid-2000s; an analysis of housing reform and homeowner security in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and an overview of the...

7. Land Lines, April 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the importance of home value appraisals in analyzing and instituting effective taxation and planning policies in Mexico; new strategies to implement property tax relief for...

8. Land Lines, January 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights the expansion of the Lincoln Institute’s China Program to address land policy and urban development matters; the effect of the mid-2000s economic crisis on housing and...

9. Report from the President

   PILOTs in Perspective
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2010
   Gregory K. Ingram

   Nonprofit organizations operated for charitable purposes in the United States are exempt from most taxes, including investment income, sales, and property taxes. They benefit from the tax deductions...

10. What the Housing Crisis Means for State and Local Governments

    Revista Land Lines
    Octubre 2010
    Kim Rueben and Serena Lei

    While the housing market and the economy are closely intertwined, the severe drop in state tax revenues can largely be attributed to the broader economic downturn, not the housing crisis specifically.