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It was fitting to be in London, as white-hot a real estate market as can be found in New York or San Francisco, for Lincoln Institute President George W. “Mac” McCarthy to set the record straight about affordable housing. At CityLab Live earlier this week, McCarthy emphasized the importance of land...Read more »
Conservationists from six continents will join together to mark the official launch of the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) at the Network’s First Congress in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 19-21. Participants will explore financial, legal and organizational strategies that help create and...Read more »
Steve Small, a legal pioneer who paved the way to make conservation easements tax-deductible in the U.S., has been named the new Kingsbury Browne Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the winner of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award from the Land Trust Alliance.Read more »
The Lincoln Institute released a new report, Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities, that separates myth from fact, charting a path forward for policymakers and showing how inclusionary housing can be used effectively to reduce economic segregation.Read more »
The concept of value capture, which recognizes increases in property value triggered by government action and public investments, has been in the news of late, not coincidentally right here in our backyard. The Massachusetts transportation secretary, Stephanie Pollack, floated the idea as a way of...Read more »
Tax and expenditure limits enacted as part of a 1992 voter initiative have led to inconsistent and unequal property tax burdens in Colorado, with state taxpayers increasingly subsidizing a handful of often-wealthy school districts, according to new research published by the Lincoln Institute of...Read more »
While at the Ford Foundation working on affordable housing, Lincoln Institute President George W. “Mac” McCarthy became convinced about the huge potential of an unrecognized sector of the national housing stock – manufactured homes. Setting aside the scorn of trailer parks, “redneck Riverias,” and...Read more »
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy announced a multi-year campaign to promote Municipal Fiscal Health in the U.S. and worldwide, to help cities confront an epidemic of insolvency and restore the capacity for local governments to provide basic services and plan for the future. “We need a fresh...Read more »
A comprehensive report on the management of state trust lands in the West has been updated to reflect the latest policy innovations and best practices. State Trust Lands in the West: Fiduciary Duty in a Changing Landscape (Updated), co-authored by Peter Culp, Andy Laurenzi, Cynthia Tuell, and...Read more »
The economist sounding the alarm about extreme inequality today is Thomas Piketty, whose 700-page Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a bestseller. The towering figure of the late 19th century in the original Gilded Age was Henry George, whose Progress and Poverty was equally if not more...Read more »
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