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1. Scenario Planning

   Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better Decisions
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Março 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Faced with an unprecedented array of uncertainties, American cities and regions increasingly turn to scenario planning, a procedural tool that enables planners to analyze multiple versions of the...

2. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Fevereiro 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...

3. The Future of America’s Middle Neighborhoods

   Setting the Stage for Revival
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Novembro 2018
   Alan Mallach

   Often overlooked, middle neighborhoods matter—both to the people who live in them and to their cities and regions—and solutions demand engagement not only from the neighborhood itself but also from the city, region, and state.

4. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2018
   David Merriman

   “This report will be the ‘go-to’ resource for public policy practitioners, municipal officials, and worldwide local development officers for two reasons. First, it is written by a...

5. The Empty House Next Door

   Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2018
   Alan Mallach

   “Alan Mallach is the sage of the national vacant properties movement. There is no one better qualified to tell the story of vacant property trends, impacts, and strategies through data and...

6. The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Setembro 2017
   Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the...

7. Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

   Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Agosto 2017
   Torey Hollingsworth and Alison Goebel

   “The Revitalizing America's Smaller Legacy Cities: Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell report has been a great resource I have used throughout the process of forming a...

8. Para leer el suelo urbano

   Catastros multifinalitarios para la planificación y el desarrollo de las ciudades de América Latina
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Janeiro 2017
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   In 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...

9. Nonprofit PILOTs (Payments in Lieu of Taxes)

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Novembro 2016
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   This policy brief covers key issues surrounding the use of nonprofit payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs): payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes. It...

10. Buy-In for Buyouts

    The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Setembro 2016
    Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

    This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...