Policy Focus Reports and Policy Briefs

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

Nonprofit PILOTs (Payments in Lieu of Taxes)

Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

November 2016, English

Policy Brief

Property Tax, Public Finance

November 2016, English

Policy Brief

Property Tax, Public Finance

Buy-In for Buyouts

The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones

Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

September 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Local Government, Valuation

September 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Local Government, Valuation

After Great Disasters

How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery

Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

July 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning

July 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning

Making Land Legible

Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin America

Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

June 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

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

June 2016, English

Policy Focus Report

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

Detroit and the Property Tax

Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue

Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

November 2015, English

Policy Focus Report

Economic Development, Housing, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Urbanization, Valuation

November 2015, English

Policy Focus Report

Economic Development, Housing, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Urbanization, Valuation

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