Policy Focus Reports and Policy Briefs

Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi Velasco

July 2023, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Technology and Tools

July 2023, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Technology and Tools

Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

By Daphne A. Kenyon, Bethany Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

February 2023, English

Policy Brief

Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

February 2023, English

Policy Brief

Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

From State Capitols to City Halls

Smarter State Policies for Stronger Cities

By Alan Mallach

December 2022, English

Policy Brief

December 2022, English

Policy Brief

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Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

November 2022, English

Policy Focus Report

Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

November 2022, English

Policy Focus Report

Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

草根的力量

⼟地保护组织应对⽓候变化的解决⽅案

James N. Levitt and Chandni Navalkha

November 2022, Chinese

Policy Focus Report

Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Conservation

November 2022, Chinese

Policy Focus Report

Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Land Conservation

Land Value Capture in the United States

Funding Infrastructure and Local Government Services

By Gerald Korngold

September 2022, English

Land value capture (LVC) is based on a simple core premise: public action should generate public benefit.

Policy Focus Report

Infrastructure, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Public Finance, Value Capture

September 2022, English

Land value capture (LVC) is based on a simple core premise: public action should generate public benefit.

Policy Focus Report

Infrastructure, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Public Finance, Value Capture

Integrating Land Use and Water Management

By Erin Rugland

August 2022, English

Policy Brief

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Water

August 2022, English

Policy Brief

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Water

Property Tax Relief for Homeowners

Adam H. Langley and Joan Youngman

March 2022, English

Property Tax Relief for Homeowners offers a guide to providing effective, targeted property tax relief without compromising municipal fiscal health or services.

Policy Brief

Housing, Property Tax

March 2022, English

Property Tax Relief for Homeowners offers a guide to providing effective, targeted property tax relief without compromising municipal fiscal health or services.

Policy Brief

Housing, Property Tax

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