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1. This Simple Policy Tool Can Make Property Taxes Fairer and Ease Homeowner Hardship

   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2022
   By Jon Gorey, December 6, 2022

   A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.

2. Composite Index of Local Fiscal Stability, Efficiency, Sustainability, and Livability

   Central Eastern versus South Eastern European Countries
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2022
   Aleksandra Maksimovska , Aleksandar Stojkov, Michal Radvan, and Tereza Rogic Lugaric

   Citizen-centric local governance requires fiscally stable and efficient local governments that contribute to sustainable and livable communities. The central research objective herein is to provide...

3. Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022

   Freetown, 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...

4. Cambio de marchas

   Por qué las comunidades eliminan los requisitos para estacionar en playas de estacionamiento y cuáles son los próximos pasos
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2022
   Por Catie Gould

   Durante el último siglo, las comunidades en los Estados Unidos han estipulado que los desarrollos comerciales y residenciales deben contar con amplio espacio de estacionamiento. Hoy en d...

5. Should We Allow More Homes to Be Built in Existing Neighborhoods?

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Amy Dain, November 28, 2022

   A 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...

6. Promoting municipal fiscal health

   Entradas de blog
   Agosto 2015

7. For cities, the doctor is in: a focus on municipal fiscal health

   Entradas de blog
   Marzo 2015

8. Cities on the brink: monitoring municipal fiscal health

   Entradas de blog
   Enero 2016

9. Integrating Land Use and Water Management

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Agosto 2022
   By Erin Rugland

   Land without water cannot support urban form of any scale, yet many land use decisions are made without regard to water, and vice versa. This Policy Brief introduces readers to best management...

10. A Series of Articles about the MBTA Communities Zoning Law

    Documentos de trabajo
    Diciembre 2022
    Amy Dain

    In 2021, the Massachusetts state legislature adopted the MBTA Communities zoning law requiring municipalities served by Greater Boston’s public transit agency, the MBTA, (with the exception of...