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1. Professional Development Course on Informal Land Markets and Regularization in Latin America

   Cursos
   Diciembre 6, 2015
   Mark Haveman

   This weeklong course offers students the opportunity to assess and challenge their understanding of fundamental topics related to urban informality.

2. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

3. 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...

4. Mensaje del presidente

   Cómo proteger una parte del mercado de la vivienda
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   George W. McCarthy

   Las personas que trabajan conmigo por lo general se sorprenden de hasta qué punto mi canon filosófico deriva de las películas no convencionales de bajo presupuesto, especialmente de la década de 1980...

5. Message from the President

   Protecting a Share of the Housing Market
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   George W. McCarthy

   People who work with me are often surprised by the extent to which my philosophical canon derives from low-budget offbeat films, typically from the 1980s. When in need of wisdom, I frequently turn to...

6. Ilegal pero lógico

   Por qué las viviendas de derechos de propiedad pequeños son populares en China
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   Li Sun and Zhi Liu

   “Como trabajador migrante durante 13 años, siempre he querido ser dueño de mi casa y tener una vida familiar normal aquí en Shenzhen” dijo el Sr. Wang, un exagricultor de la provincia de Sichuan que...

7. Illegal But Rational

   Why Small Property Rights Housing Is Big in China
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   Li Sun and Zhi Liu

   Nearly one-quarter of residential units in Chinese cities are illicit, built and sold by village collectives on land that the state has not yet approved for urban use. The authors consider the legal...