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1. President's Message: Defining Moments in Land Policy

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2023
   By George W. McCarthy, October 18, 2023

   Lincoln Institute President George McCarthy asks for help defining the phrase at the heart of the organization's work

2. Land Matters Podcast: Orchestrating Impact: Retiring Scholars Reflect on the Lincoln Institute

   Revista Land Lines
   Febrero 2023
   By Anthony Flint, February 2, 2023

   Three scholars retiring from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy share thoughts on what it takes for a nonprofit organization to have real-world impact.

3. 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...

4. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

5. Implementing Value Capture in Latin America

   Policies and Tools for Urban Development
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2013
   Martim O. Smolka

   This report provides a review of land value capture's antecedents in Latin America and its longstanding presence in the urban planning agenda. It also examines a variety of land value capture...

6. Betterment Levy in Colombia

   Relevance, Procedures, and Social Acceptability
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Oscar Borrero Ochoa

   The betterment levy or special assessment (as it is known in the United States) is a “compulsory charge imposed by a government on the owners of a selected group of properties to defray, in whole or...

7. Using the Property Tax for Value Capture

   A Case Study from Brazil
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 1998
   Claudia M. De Cesare

   Public investment in urban areas often results in increased land value that benefits only a small group of private owners. In a pioneering initiative, the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is using the...