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Catastro multifinalitario aplicado a la definición de políticas de suelo urbano
LibrosNoviembre 2007Edited by Diego Alfonso ErbaCatastro multifinalitario aplicado a la definición de políticas de suelo urbano (Multipurpose Cadastres Applied to the Definition of Land Policies) brings together the “old...
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Land Policies and Their Outcomes
LibrosMayo 2007Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongThis book presents the main contributions to a Lincoln Institute conference, “Land Policies for Urban Development,” held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 2006. The conference was...
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Analyzing Land Readjustment
Economics, Law and Collective ActionLibrosAbril 2007Edited by Yu-Hung Hong and Barrie NeedhamGreat effort has been devoted to the precise delineation and assignment of the legal and physical boundaries of private property. Yet, issues of unifying or assembling private property rights for...
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Navigating State and Local Finance
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2007Kim Rueben, Therese McGuire, and Susan KellamEnsuring sufficient revenues going forward, as well as having the flexibility to revamp fiscal structures, will be important for state and local governments, especially due to growing future spending...
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Faculty Profile
Daphne A. KenyonRevista Land LinesJulio 2007Daphne Kenyon, a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, heads D. A. Kenyon & Associates, a public policy consulting firm in Windham, New Hampshire. She also serves on the New...
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Property Taxation in Anglophone Africa
Revista Land LinesAbril 2007A well-functioning property tax system could offer many benefits to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. A dependable and locally administered source of revenue would greatly benefit local democracy...
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Community Land Trusts
A Solution for Permanently Affordable HousingRevista Land LinesEnero 2007Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-EryilmazThe community land trust (CLT) is one mechanism that addresses the need for affordable housing, and it also can be considered an institutional mechanism for capturing socially produced land value.
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Surprise!
An Unintended Consequence of Assessment LimitationsRevista Land LinesJulio 2007Early experiences with assessment limitation measures reveal an unanticipated result: some property owners seemingly targeted to benefit from lower assessments may be harmed instead.