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Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development
Enfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2018David MerrimanThis Policy Focus Report will be available in June 2018. Virtually every U.S. state allows some form of tax increment financing (TIF) — using the increased property tax revenues generated by...
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The Empty House Next Door
Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United StatesEnfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2018Alan MallachThis Policy Focus Report will be available in May 2018. Renowned city planner and housing advocate Alan Mallach assesses the problem of vacant properties in the United States and recommends...
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Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities
Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to LowellEnfoques en políticas de sueloAgosto 2017Torey Hollingsworth and Alison GoebelThis Policy Focus Report examines the unique challenges of smaller American legacy cities — older industrial centers with populations of less than 200,000, located primarily in the Midwest and...
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Para leer el suelo urbano
Catastros multifinalitarios para la planificación y el desarrollo de las ciudades de América LatinaEnfoques en políticas de sueloEnero 2017In Latin America, a territorial cadastre is a public registry that manages information relating to parcels of land. As an institution, the cadastre is common in many countries, although it does not...
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Buy-In for Buyouts
The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood ZonesEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2016Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare BrawleyThis report presents an in-depth study of buyouts in the New York metropolitan region following Hurricanes Irene and Sandy as a tool for adaptation against flooding. It provides an overview of...
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After Great Disasters
How Six Countries Managed Community RecoveryEnfoques en políticas de sueloJulio 2016Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. OlshanskyThe aftermath of great natural disasters and the management of the recovery process have an enormous effect on the lives of citizens and can change the future of a city or region forever. This report...
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Making Land Legible
Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin AmericaEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2016In Latin America, a territorial cadastre is a public registry that manages information relating to parcels of land. As an institution, the cadastre is common in many countries, although it does not...
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Detroit and the Property Tax
Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance RevenueEnfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2015Gary Sands and Mark SkidmoreIn December 2014, the City of Detroit emerged from bankruptcy with a plan that cut $7 billion from the city’s $18 billion debt load. Although the causes of the bankruptcy were complex, a...
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Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands
Time for Reform?Enfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2015Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...
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Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina
Enfoques en políticas de sueloOctubre 2015This report, Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina (Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America), presents a comprehensive...
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