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1. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Febrero 2023
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Bethany Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This policy brief 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–...

2. Property Tax Relief for Homeowners

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Marzo 2022
   Adam H. Langley and Joan Youngman

   Property Tax Relief for Homeowners offers a guide to providing effective, targeted property tax relief without compromising municipal fiscal health or services.

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

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Febrero 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Septiembre 2017
   Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the...

7. Nonprofit PILOTs (Payments in Lieu of Taxes)

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Noviembre 2016
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   This policy brief covers key issues surrounding the use of nonprofit payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs): payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes. It...

8. Lincoln Institute marks 10th anniversary of Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Beijing

   Videos y multimedia
   Mayo 2018

   On October 14, 2017, the Lincoln Institute marked the 10th anniversary of the Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Beijing.

9. State-by-State Property Tax at a Glance

   Data Visualization
   Visualización de datos
   Febrero 2018

   This data visualization tool allows users to compare a wide range of property tax statistics and key features of each state’s tax system. The companion narratives provide valuable context on the history of property tax systems and recent developments.

10. Scenario Planning

    We can't predict the future, but we can prepare for it.
    Visualización de datos
    Noviembre 2017

    What is scenario planning? Scenario planning is a practice through which communities plan for an uncertain future by exploring multiple possibilities of what might happen. The practice guides...