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Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets
How Well Are They Working?PonenciasMayo 2007David E. DowallAs does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...
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The History and Purpose of Tax Increment Finance Policy in Wisconsin
Do Wisconsin Tax Increment Finance Districts Stimulate Growth in Real Estate Values? Do They Contribute to Sprawl?Documentos de trabajoMayo 2007Russell Kashian, Mark Skidmore, and David MerrimanLike other U.S. states, tax increment financing (TIF) is an important component of the development policy landscape in Wisconsin. While the guidelines for the use of TIF are similar to those that...
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What Happens When a Large City Doesn't Have a Property Tax But Attempts to Enact One
A Case Study of Mesa ArizonaDocumentos de trabajoAbril 2007Jeffrey I. ChapmanMesa, a city with a population of approximately 450,000, is the largest city in the United States without a property tax. It has also grown very rapidly in the last 25 years, although now its growth...
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Property Taxation in Anglophone Africa
Revista Land LinesAbril 2007A well-functioning property tax system could offer many benefits to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. A dependable and locally administered source of revenue would greatly benefit local democracy...
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Talking taxes
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Community Land Trusts
A Solution for Permanently Affordable HousingRevista Land LinesEnero 2007Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-EryilmazThe community land trust (CLT) is one mechanism that addresses the need for affordable housing, and it also can be considered an institutional mechanism for capturing socially produced land value.
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Tax Base Sharing
Local Response to Fiscal FederalismOtroEnero 1979Paul SmithWritten in 1979, this archival report was published as a Land Policy Roundtable and is Case Studies Series number 303. The nation’s first experience with tax base sharing was in the twin cities...
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