Highlighting 20 Global Leaders

During an era defined by racial reckonings, the COVID pandemic, rapid technological advances, and the unyielding climate emergency, mayors around the world have been thrust into once unimaginable situations.

Anacláudia Rossbach sitting at a desk in front of a computer.
Anacláudia Rossbach Named Executive Director of UN-Habitat

United Nations General Assembly elects Lincoln Institute’s Director of Latin America and the Caribbean

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Vertical Equity App

Helping assessors to easily analyze vertical equity

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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks to improve quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land.

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A nonprofit private operating foundation whose origins date to 1946, the Lincoln Institute researches and recommends creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges. Through education, training, publications, and events, we integrate theory and practice to inform public policy decisions worldwide.

Where We Work
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Case Studies

Still the ONE

This multimedia case explores the robust stock of permanently affordable housing in Burlington, Vermont’s Old North End (“the ONE”)—a historically low-income neighborhood where the cost of living and housing demand are rising. It traces the history of Burlington’s efforts to the 1980s, when the city government under then-mayor Bernie Sanders established effective programs and policies to produce affordable housing and combat gentrification and displacement.

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Recent Publications

Mayor’s Desk
By Anthony Flint with a foreword by Michael Bloomberg and afterword by Angela D. Brooks

Book

Local Government

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Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities
By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi Velasco

Policy Focus Reports

Environment

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Land Lines

Current Issue: April 2024

This issue explores cities rethinking street surfaces in response to climate change, factors influencing home buyers to consider climate risk, the work of Seattle’s Black Home Initiative to address affordability and inequity, and more. 

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Public Participation Opportunity: I’m HOME Manufactured Housing Replacement Program

June 20, 2024
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
1200 G St NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC United States

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s I’m HOME Network seeks comments from the public and interested parties on a draft application to HUD’s Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Competition funding opportunity. I’m HOME will hold a public hearing at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 20.

course

This online self-paced course provides an overview of how local governments in the U.S. raise and spend money for the public services and infrastructure that are foundational to a high quality of life.

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Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Annual Conference 2024

September 24, 2024 – September 25, 2024
Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort
5001 N Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, AZ United States

A street with a row of manufactured homes in a sunny bright location with blue sky in the background.The Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Network will hold its Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, from September 24 to 25, and feature insights on manufactured housing financing, development, and policy from stakeholders across the country.