Land Lines April 2007
Features
A flourishing informal market already provides housing alternatives for both poor and middle-class families in many cities where access to land is constrained in the urban core and is held privately in the fringe areas.
A well-functioning property tax system could offer many benefits to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. A dependable and locally administered source of revenue would greatly benefit local democracy and economic development.
In the United States, this conflict is tied to the emergence of the so-called property rights movement. This coalition argues that attempts at the management and restriction of private property are un-American, inefficient, and ultimately ineffective.
