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1. Property Tax Relief for Homeowners

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2021
   Adam H. Langley and Joan Youngman

   “This is a must-read guide for those thinking about possible reform and ways to ensure the property tax remains an equitable source of local support.” — Kim Rueben, Sol Price Fellow...

2. Through the Roof

   What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Março 2021
   Ingrid Gould Ellen, Jeffrey Lubell, and Mark A. Willis

   “Through the Roof is a ray of light in dark times. Housing has always been at the center of economic and racial inequality in our nation, and it must be at the center of creating real...

3. The Empty House Next Door

   Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2018
   Alan Mallach

   “Alan Mallach is the sage of the national vacant properties movement. There is no one better qualified to tell the story of vacant property trends, impacts, and strategies through data and...

4. Buy-In for Buyouts

   The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2016
   Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

   This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...

5. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

6. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

7. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

8. Arrested Developments

   Combating Zombie Subdivisions and Other Excess Entitlements
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Janeiro 2014
   Jim Holway, Don Elliott, and Anna Trentadue

   Drawing on case studies, survey results, and data analyses of abandoned residential development projects in the U.S. Intermountain West, this report shows local leaders how to identify and overcome...

9. Preventing House Price Bubbles

   Lessons from the 2006–2012 Bust
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2013
   James R. Follain and Seth H. Giertz

   The boom and bust in house prices from 2006 to 2012 generated widespread fallout, affecting metropolitan areas across the country. But the extent of the damage varied widely, suggesting that local...

10. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Outubro 2011
    Edésio Fernandes

    In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...