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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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

   This report identifies replicable strategies that have helped smaller legacy cities overcome population loss, neighborhood disinvestment, unemployment, and other problems common in older industrial...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. After Great Disasters

   How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Julho 2016
   Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

   “After Great Disasters offers one of the most well-researched accounts of large-scale, post-disaster recovery programs in several countries. The case studies highlight the common strands of...

7. Making Land Legible

   Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin America
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2016
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used updated orthodox and/...

8. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-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...

9. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

10. Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina

    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Outubro 2015
    Claudia M. De Cesare

    This 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...