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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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2024 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference
EventosAbril 19, 2024Abby Ostriker, Anna Russo, C. Luke Watson, Nathan Seegert, Mark Skidmore, Camila Alvayay-Torrejon, Erin Troland, and Brent AmbroseThe economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to local fiscal conditions. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.
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New England Workshop for State Property Tax Oversight
EventosMarzo 25, 2024This meeting provides an opportunity for participants to consider the best means of assisting, training, regulating, and providing technical assistance to local assessors in collaboration with professional assessment organizations.
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Conservation Easements: Legal Principles, Valuation, and Applications
Educación a distanciaJunio 14, 2023Faculty: Joan Youngman, Armando Carbonell, Paul O’Leary, James J. Czupryna, and Stephen J. SmallConservation easements play an important role in protecting natural landscapes and sensitive habitats, and in promoting sustainable land use practices. In this course, students will explore the...
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New Tool Measures Vertical Equity in Property Tax Assessments
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2023By Jon Gorey, December 15, 2023The online tool provides a free resource for evaluating and interpreting assessment equity in several ways
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2024 C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program
Oportunidades de becas de posgradoEnero 2024The Lincoln Institute’s C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists PhD students whose research complements the institute’s interest in property valuation and taxation. Applications are due March 1, 2024, by 6:00 p.m. EST.
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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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Research on Methods to Estimate Land Value Increments from Public Actions
Solicitud de propuestasOctubre 2023The Lincoln Institute seeks research proposals on methods or techniques the public sector uses to quantify the value it adds to private land through its actions, including by investing in infrastructure and changing land use regulations.
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The Effects of Flood Buyouts and Green Infrastructure on Nearby Property Values
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2023Ryun Jung Lee, Wayne Day, Alexander Abuabara, Galen Newman, and Walter PeacockProperty buyouts have been widely implemented as a hazard mitigation strategy to relocate residents to a safer location and reduce potential flood damages. Green infrastructure is an established...
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Transitioning Out of Capped Property Assessments
The Value Recapture ApproachDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2023Carmela QuintosAssessment caps lead to inequities because the same growth limit is applied to high and low growth properties. For high growth properties that fall under the cap, the assessments are artificially...
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