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Lincoln Institute Invests $1 Million in Scholarships for Future Leaders
By Kristina McGeehan, June 16, 2025
Through partial scholarships, this funding will cover 50 percent of the tuition costs for eligible new students enrolling in one of Claremont Lincoln University’s online master’s degree programs, bachelor’s degree completion programs, or certificate programs.
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Stewardship of Nonpartisan Housing Finance Coalition to Transition to National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
The National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL) will become the new convener of the Lincoln Institute’s Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition (UMMC).
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Growing Water Smart in US–Mexico Border Communities
By Jon Gorey, May 16, 2025
Growing Water Smart helps communities envision and realize goals related to watershed health and community resilience. The program recently expanded to work with communities that cooperate across the US-Mexico border.
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Lincoln Institute Welcomes New Board Members
By Lincoln Institute Staff, June 2, 2025
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is delighted to announce the addition of two new board members: preacher, activist, and author Rev. Otis Moss III and digital transformation leader Charla Griffy-Brown.
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Grassroots Conservation (Minus the Grass)
By Jon Gorey, May 7, 2025
A growing movement is inviting nature back into the cities and towns from which it was once expelled, planting native pollinator gardens and Miyawaki microforests in front yards, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots. This StoryMap explores how individuals and municipalities are creating and protecting habitat at the local level.
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Housing Design Has to Evolve
By Lynn Richards, April 15, 2025
American households have changed, and our housing should too. Lynn Richards, former president of the Congress for the New Urbanism, explains why design must evolve to meet the moment.
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CEO to Step Down; Search for Successor Launched
By Kristina McGeehan, April 14, 2025
Dr. George “Mac” McCarthy will step down at the end of 2025 after more than a decade of dedicated and strategic leadership of the institute.
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President’s Message
For Polanyi, Whenever I May Find Him
By George W. McCarthy, May 13, 2025 -
A View of the Charles
By Lily Robinson and James N. Levitt, May 12, 2025 -
Fellows in Focus
A Human Perspective on Housing
By Jon Gorey, May 5, 2025 -
Mayor’s Desk
Planning for Growth in Cairo
By Anthony Flint, April 9, 2025 -
City Tech
Of Potshots and Potholes
By Rob Walker, January 24, 2025

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Housing Design Has to Evolve
By Lynn Richards, April 15, 2025
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Hunting for Housing Solutions
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Assessment Limits Create Tax Disparities That Obstruct Homeownership
By Jon Gorey, January 30, 2025Nature-Based Solutions

Growing Water Smart in US–Mexico Border Communities
By Jon Gorey, May 16, 2025
“Design With Nature Now” Inspires Exhibits in Taipei and Nanjing
Jon Gorey, November 13, 2024