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1. New England Workshop for State Property Tax Oversight

   Eventos
   Marzo 25, 2024

   This meeting provides an opportunity for participants to consider the best means of assisting, training, regulating, and providing technical assistance to local assessors in collaboration with professional assessment organizations.

2. Implementing a Local Property Tax Where There Is No Real Estate Market

   The Case of Commonly Owned Land in Rural South Africa
   Libros
   Abril 2006
   Michael E. Bell and John H. Bowman

   Since 1995 the authors have worked on a series of property taxation projects in South Africa, funded in part by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. South Africa envisions extending value-based...

3. 2024 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Oportunidades de becas
   Enero 2024

   The Lincoln Institute Scholars Program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs (one to two years post-graduate) specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior academics. Applications are due March 8, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. (EDT).

4. Local Government and Property Tax Reform in South Africa

   Revista Land Lines
   Mayo 2000
   Riël C.D. Franzsen

   Since first holding democratic elections at the national and provincial levels in 1994, South Africa has undertaken far-reaching constitutional changes. Arguably, the most fundamental transformation...

5. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Vertical Equity App

   Bases de datos
   Septiembre 2023

   Vertical equity in property tax assessment requires that assessment levels remain consistent over the range of real estate values, with high-value and low-value properties exhibiting the same ratio...

6. Research on Land-Based Financing Approaches for Climate Action

   Solicitud de propuestas
   Febrero 2023

7. Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa: A Conversation with the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, December 12, 2022

   The 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.

8. 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...

9. For the Common Good

   Upstream and Downstream Communities Join Forces to Protect Water Supplies
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2022
   By Heather Hansman, October 6, 2022

   Billions of urban dwellers depend on water for hydration, sanitation, and other basic needs, but global water supplies are at risk. Water funds provide a mechanism for downstream utilities and businesses to invest in upstream watershed conservation projec

10. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

    Documentos de trabajo
    Junio 2022
    Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

    This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...