Land Lines Outubro 2018
Features
Reconsidering a Vaunted Economic Development Tool
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 diverting funds from public schools and other municipal needs.
Booming Cities Address the Growing Crisis in Their Streets
In prosperous U.S. cities, the lack of affordable housing is fueling a homelessness crisis some have called the worst since the Great Depression. Cities are responding in a variety of ways—converting motels in Los Angeles, building tiny home communities in Seattle, and encouraging unusual public-...