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A Bid for Affordability: Notes from an Ambitious Housing Experiment in Cincinnati
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Loren Berlin, December 23, 2022Institutional investors have been scooping up real estate in Cincinnati, then raising the rent for increasingly neglected properties. So the metro area’s economic development agency stepped in...
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A State-by-State Guide to Zoning Reform
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Anthony Flint, December 23, 2022A state-by-state guide to recent zoning reform efforts
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The State of Local Zoning: Reforming a Century-Old Approach to Land Use
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Anthony Flint, December 23, 2022Communities across the United States have used local zoning to regulate land use for the last century. But critics on both sides of the aisle say this planning approach has caused social, economic,...
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Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa: A Conversation with the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Anthony Flint, December 12, 2022The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, discusses appointing Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning, and overhauling the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustinability.
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Home Economics: How Manufactured Housing Can Help Solve the National Housing Affordability Crisis
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Jon Gorey, December 12, 2022As the housing crisis spreads from coastal cities to middle America, manufactured housing is increasingly drawing attention as an affordable, sustainable option. The national I’m HOME network,...
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City Tech: Is Wood the Way of the Future?
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Rob Walker, December 9, 2022Mass timber, a building technique pioneered in Europe, is catching on in other parts of the world. Advocates say this high-tech approach to building with wood offers climate and health benefits that will give steel and concrete a run for their money.
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As Conforming Loan Limits Hit Record Highs, Manufactured Housing Provides an Affordable Alternative
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Jon Gorey, December 8, 2022Not that anyone needed more proof of how swiftly home prices have risen in the past two years, but here it is: Beginning in January, mortgages of up to $726,200 will be considered “conforming loans”...
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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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Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Katharine Wroth, November 28, 2022The Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy celebrated its 15th anniversary in November 2022. Leaders from both organizations gathered virtually and in person...
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Should We Allow More Homes to Be Built in Existing Neighborhoods?
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Amy Dain, November 28, 2022A new law in Massachusetts requires towns served by Greater Boston’s public transit agency to enact zoning that allows multifamily housing near transit. In response, 175 communities are working...
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