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1. Public Finance

   As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?
   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 2019
   By Will Jason, March 19, 2019

   As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.

2. Innovation Awards

   Curriculum Innovation and Case Study Awards Will Evolve and Promote Land Policy
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2018
   By Rohan Kocharekar, November 20, 2018

   The Lincoln Institute and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning are launching a competition to promote innovative curricula and case studies focused on land policy.

3. The Hidden Costs of TIF

   Reconsidering a Vaunted Economic Development Tool
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2018
   By Anthony Flint

   Since its inception in the 1950s, tax increment financing has taken hold across the United States as a popular public-finance mechanism. But critics say this approach favors the private sector, while...

4. Why Tax Increment Financing Often Fails and How Communities Can Do Better

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2018
   By Will Jason, September 11, 2018

   Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a wildly popular economic development tool in the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods.

5. Q & A

   Tax Incentives for Amazon HQ2—When Winners End Up Losers?
   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2018
   By David Franco

   Amazon wants tax incentives to locate its second headquarters. Could the costs outweigh the benefits for a city like Boston?

6. Land Lines, April 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the performance of a special assessment tax used to finance urban development in Colombia; varied results of payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) across U.S. municipalities; and the...

7. Land Lines, October 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights U.S. foreclosure rate comparisons between standard market-rate residences and homes owned by land trusts; the effects of the national housing crisis on state and local...

8. Land Lines, July 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue provides various reflections on the U.S. foreclosure crisis of the mid-2000s; an analysis of housing reform and homeowner security in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and an overview of the...

9. Land Lines, January 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights the expansion of the Lincoln Institute’s China Program to address land policy and urban development matters; the effect of the mid-2000s economic crisis on housing and...

10. Land Lines, July 2009

    Revista Land Lines
    Julio 2009
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue explores the American university’s evolved role as a driver of urban development; a joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute to shed light on African...