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1. Research on Municipal Fiscal Health and Land Policies

   Solicitud de propuestas
   Octubre 2023

   The Lincoln Institute invites research proposals that can be applied to promote the fiscal health of municipal governments in a range of contexts and institutional settings across the world.

2. Research on Land-Based Financing Approaches for Climate Action

   Solicitud de propuestas
   Febrero 2023

3. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2022
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This report focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–school...

4. Property Tax Relief for Homeowners

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2021
   Adam 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...

5. Property Tax 101: Why the Property Tax

   Videos y multimedia
   Noviembre 2020

   Why is the property tax the bulwark of local government finance? What is the role of state aid in a healthy property tax system? This video explores these questions and more through the experiences of two Massachusetts municipalities.

6. Property Tax 101: The Mechanics

   Videos y multimedia
   Noviembre 2020

   This explainer video walks through the mechanics of how the property tax works and why it is so stable and effective.

7. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2018
   David Merriman

   “This report will be the ‘go-to’ resource for public policy practitioners, municipal officials, and worldwide local development officers for two reasons. First, it is written by a...

8. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This 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...

9. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-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...

10. Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina

    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Octubre 2015
    Claudia M. De Cesare

    This report, Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina (Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America), presents a comprehensive...