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1. Property Taxes

   What Everybody Needs to Know
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Setembro 2021
   Ronald C. Fisher

   The property tax is the largest single source of revenue under the control of state or local governments in the United States. Property taxes provide a fundamental fiscal foundation for all types of...

2. The Evolution of a Land Trust

   Placing Social Transformation at the Center of the Conservation Effort
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Setembro 2021
   Fernando Lloveras San Miguel

   This narrative examines the evolution of a land trust, Para la Naturaleza (PLN) in Puerto Rico, as it navigated a vast array of challenges. These challenges led Para la Naturaleza to transform itself...

3. Mandating Access to Affordable Housing, City by City

   Is France’s Fair-Share SRU Law a Model for U.S. Metropolitan Areas?
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Setembro 2021
   Yonah Freemark

   In 2000, France’s legislature passed the Loi relative à la Solidarité et au renouvellement urbains (SRU) law, a housing affordability requirement for many municipalities across...

4. Climate Change Adaptation and Property Values

   A Survey of the Literature
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2021
   Katherine A. Kiel

   This paper surveys the current literature of the impact of climate change adaptation on residential property values. Several categories of adaptation are considered including ecosystem management,...

5. Climate and Housing Crisis

   A Research Agenda for Urban Communities
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2021
   Michael P. Johnson, Patricio Belloy, Heather MacLean, and Sajani Kandel

   Housing unaffordability and climate change adversely affect the lives of Boston area residents. These crises are amplified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are especially salient for low- and...

6. Scenario Planning in Small and Mid-Size Legacy Cities

   Framework and Tool Adaptations in Youngstown, Ohio
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2021
   Thomas Hilde and Hunter Morrison

   This paper examines how scenario planning frameworks and tools—largely designed for contexts of regional growth—can be adapted for land use and development planning in small and mid-size...

7. The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...

8. Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

   Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...

9. Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2021
   Cassie Pettit and Sagar Shah

   This report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...

10. Development Tax in France as a Tool for Land Value Capture and Social Equity

    Case Studies on Bordeaux and Strasbourg
    Documentos de Trabalho
    Julho 2021
    Sonia Guelton, Agnes Pouillaude, and David Rosen

    In a context of severe pressure on public budgets, aging urban infrastructure, and increasing pressures of urbanization, municipalities, and metropolitan regions on five continents are looking at...