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This Simple Policy Tool Can Make Property Taxes Fairer and Ease Homeowner Hardship
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Jon Gorey, December 6, 2022A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.
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How State Aid and Local Property Taxes Can Together Fund Quality Education for All Students
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Allison Ehrich Bernstein, November 15, 2022Local property taxes and state aid each have flaws, but a thoughtful combination of these two revenue sources is the most effective recipe for funding a high-quality K–12 education for all...
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Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...
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New Book "Property Tax in Asia" Provides the First Comprehensive Analysis of the Property Tax Across the World’s Largest Continent
Revista Land LinesSeptiembre 2022By Will Jason, September 7, 2022The property tax has great potential as a source of local government revenue in Asia, but its implementation has been uneven. The Lincoln Institute’s new book Property Tax in Asia: Policy and Practice provides the first comprehensive analysis of how this
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How Property Tax Limits Shift Burdens to New Home Buyers
Revista Land LinesJulio 2022By Will Jason, July 13, 2022.Produced annually. the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of local property tax rates by calculating the effective tax rate—the tax paid as a percentage of market value—for 74 large U.S. cities and a r
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Public Schools and the Property Tax: A Comparison of Education Funding Models in Three U.S. States
Revista Land LinesAbril 2022In the wake of COVID-19, policy makers have a new opportunity to craft a combination of state aid and local property tax funding that enables all students to obtain an adequate and equitable education.
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New Report: Taxing Land More Than Buildings Would Help Detroit Homeowners and Spur Development
Revista Land LinesAbril 2022By Will Jason, April 4, 2022Reforming Detroit’s property tax system by taxing land at a higher rate than buildings would help to revive the local economy and reduce tax bills for nearly every homeowner, according to a new study from the nonprofit Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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Idaho Seeks Relief
The Local Implications of a Controversial Statewide Property Tax BillRevista Land LinesAgosto 2021By Liz Farmer, August 9, 2021Home prices in Idaho are surging. Over the past year, median home values in large cities like Boise and Nampa have increased by as much as 38 percent. Those higher prices, combined with the end of a...
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Same House, Different Tax Bill
Inequities from Property Tax Limits Grow with Rising Home Values, Report ShowsRevista Land LinesJunio 2021By Will Jason, June 30, 2021Disparities caused by property tax assessment limits in U.S. states have doubled in five years, according to a new report.
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Public Finance
Amid Falling Revenues, Some Cities Turn to the Property TaxRevista Land LinesDiciembre 2020By Liz Farmer, December 10, 2020As most major cities grapple with lost revenue due to the pandemic, some are turning toward the property tax as a way of filling the gap. Perhaps nowhere has this decision been more controversial...
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