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Land Lines, October 2010
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2010Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue highlights U.S. foreclosure rate comparisons between standard market-rate residences and homes owned by land trusts; the effects of the national housing crisis on state and local...
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Land Lines, July 2010
Revista Land LinesJulio 2010Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue provides various reflections on the U.S. foreclosure crisis of the mid-2000s; an analysis of housing reform and homeowner security in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and an overview of the...
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Land Lines, January 2010
Revista Land LinesEnero 2010Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue highlights the expansion of the Lincoln Institute’s China Program to address land policy and urban development matters; the effect of the mid-2000s economic crisis on housing and...
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Report from the President
PILOTs in PerspectiveRevista Land LinesOctubre 2010Gregory K. IngramNonprofit organizations operated for charitable purposes in the United States are exempt from most taxes, including investment income, sales, and property taxes. They benefit from the tax deductions...
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What the Housing Crisis Means for State and Local Governments
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2010Kim Rueben and Serena LeiWhile the housing market and the economy are closely intertwined, the severe drop in state tax revenues can largely be attributed to the broader economic downturn, not the housing crisis specifically.
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Faculty Profile
Daniel P. McMillenRevista Land LinesJulio 2010Daniel McMillen has a joint appointment in the Department of Economics and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois. He is also a visiting fellow in the Department...
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Report from the President
Improving Access to Land and Tax DataRevista Land LinesEnero 2010Gregory K. IngramA major tragedy of empirical work is the low ratio of analysis to data, in part due to the lack of publicly available datasets. Many data collectors are reluctant to share data with other researchers...
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Land Policy Issues in China
Revista Land LinesEnero 2010Despite its noteworthy accomplishments, China is facing critical land policy issues that will determine the direction of its future: property rights; property tax implementation; farmland...
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Thirty Years of Judicial Education on Property Tax Issues
Revista Land LinesJulio 2010Joseph C. Small and Joan YoungmanOver the past 30 years, the Lincoln Institute has sponsored the annual National Conference of State Tax Judges as a means of improving land-related tax policy as applied and interpreted by...
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Property Tax Relief
The Case for Circuit BreakersRevista Land LinesAbril 2010Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. PaquinProperty tax relief is a core function of state governments, and it can be made more fair and cost-effective by using a circuit breaker program to stop the property tax from exceeding a taxpayer...