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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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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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Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2023Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen HuangClimate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...
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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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New Hampshire: Heavy Property Tax Reliance and Longstanding School Finance Litigation
Documentos de trabajoAbril 2023Semida Munteanu, Bethany Paquin, and Sydney ZelinkaNew Hampshire does not levy a broad-based sales or individual income tax and therefore is the state most reliant on property taxes. In 1999, New Hampshire dramatically changed its system of school...
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Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2022A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...
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Measures of Vertical Inequality in Assessments
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2022Daniel P. McMillen and Ruchi SinghStandard measures of vertical inequity suggest that assessments are regressive in the sense that high-priced properties are often assessed at lower rates than low-priced properties. Conventional...
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2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices
An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread ImplementationDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2022Paul Bidanset and Ronald RakowAccurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...
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Designing School Aid Formulas to Achieve High-Quality and Equitable Education
Documentos de trabajoMayo 2022This paper describes the school funding formulas necessary to achieve five broad funding goals that have driven school finance policies over the past 50 years. After briefly summarizing the type of...
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What Makes a Fair School Finance System?
Documentos de trabajoMayo 2022This working paper explores the complexities involved in defining school funding equity and fairness. In defining what they mean by fairness, state policymakers must address several issues. The first...
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