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Reviewing the Basics of Planning for Land Management
Educación a distanciaAbril 10, 2015Faculty: Juan Ignacio Duarte, Salvador Gómez Rocha, José Luis Basualdo, Ignacio Kunz BolañosThe course, offered in Spanish, offers a space to discuss new theoretical perspectives and practical experiences that seek to challenge and overcome some weaknesses of traditional technocratic planning.
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Detroit’s Property Tax: Averting Another Disaster
Comunicados de prensaNoviembre 9, 2015For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 anthony.flint@lincolninst.eduWill Jason 617-503-2254 wjason@lincolninst.edu CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 10, 2015) – Having emerged last year...
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Colorado tax limits have led to inequities, unintended consequences in school funding
Comunicados de prensaSeptiembre 1, 2015For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116Will Jason 617-503-2254 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 1, 2015) -- Tax and expenditure limits enacted as part of a 1992 voter initiative have led...
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Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands
Time for Reform?Enfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2015Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...
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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisPonenciasNoviembre 2015Dan ImmergluckThis paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...
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Zoning Rules!
The Economics of Land Use RegulationLibrosJulio 2015“Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...
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Planning for States and Nation-States in the U.S. and Europe
LibrosAbril 2015Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Zorica Nedović-Budić, and Armando Carbonell“This timely transatlantic dialogue between planning researchers and policy makers provides a wealth of information and insights into the planning frameworks and institutions in changing...
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¿El financiamiento con base en el suelo podría ayudar a crear espacio fiscal para inversiones por parte de los municipios brasileños?
Documentos de trabajoAbril 2015David Michael Vetter and Marcia VetterDentro de un marco de fuertes controles fiscales y disciplina fiscal, ¿podrían los municipios de Brasil generar un espacio fiscal para inversión y para la prestación de...
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Do Inclusionary Housing Policies Promote Housing Affordability?
Evidence from the Palmer Decision in CaliforniaDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2015Ann HollingsheadMany cities have responded to rising affordability challenges with inclusionary housing policies, where a municipality requires or incentivizes a developer building a new development to contribute...
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