Policy Focus Reports and Policy Briefs

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Scenario Planning

Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better Decisions

Robert Goodspeed

March 2019, English

Policy Brief

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Technology and Tools

March 2019, English

Policy Brief

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Technology and Tools

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Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

David Merriman

February 2019, English

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Property Tax

February 2019, English

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Property Tax

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The Future of America’s Middle Neighborhoods

Setting the Stage for Revival

Alan Mallach

November 2018, English

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.

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance

November 2018, English

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.

Policy Brief

Economic Development, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

David Merriman

September 2018, English

Policy Focus Report

Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Value Capture

September 2018, English

Policy Focus Report

Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Value Capture

The Empty House Next Door

Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States

Alan Mallach

May 2018, English

Policy Focus Report

Housing

May 2018, English

Policy Focus Report

Housing

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

Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

September 2017, English

Policy Brief

Property Tax, Public Finance

September 2017, English

Policy Brief

Property Tax, Public Finance

Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell

Torey Hollingsworth and Alison Goebel

August 2017, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization

August 2017, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization

Para leer el suelo urbano

Catastros multifinalitarios para la planificación y el desarrollo de las ciudades de América Latina

Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

January 2017, Spanish

Policy Focus Report

Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools, Valuation

January 2017, Spanish

Policy Focus Report

Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools, Valuation

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