This Policy Focus Report highlights studies from from five major cities to offer actionable strategies for advancing equitable urban planning.
Announcement
The report reveals that manufactured housing production in the US increased in 2024, furthering the promise that manufactured housing can be a cost-effective, streamlined approach to addressing the country’s severe housing shortage and lack of affordable housing.
AnnouncementThe Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks to improve quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land.
Learn more about our research and cross-cutting initiatives.
Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) is an accredited, private non-profit university that offers programs integrating the research, cases, toolkits, and advanced practices of the Lincoln Institute. Through our comprehensive Lincoln Vibrant Communities initiative, our uniquely co-designed bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and our skill-packed Advanced Practice Graduate Certificates, we help leaders take the next step in their careers—empowering them to make positive change in their communities.
This issue explores how to make cities more sustainable without causing displacement, introduces a Colorado artist who draws inspiration from watershed health, and investigates how planners can use augmented reality to increase public engagement.
SubscribeMay 11, 2026 – May 14, 2026
Online
This virtual course on May 11–14, 2026, aims to help professionals working in local government or community development better understand municipal finance so that they can make more informed decisions in their current or future careers.
Deadline: March 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The 2026 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs (one to two years post-graduate) specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior academics. Applications are due March 15.
In a webinar on March 24, architect and author Weston Wright will introduce the concept of wet architecture—an approach to design and planning that accepts water as a permanent condition and explores how we might live more productively with it.
Self-Paced
Online
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.
May 18, 2026 – June 19, 2026
Online
El curso aborda la salud fiscal municipal, la cual se deriva de la armonía entre la producción de ingresos, su apropiación y su utilización para el beneficio de la comunidad.
March 25, 2026
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA United States
Join the Lincoln Institute and University of Pennsylvania on March 25 in Philadelphia for a screening of the documentary “Reclaiming the Rain,” followed by a panel discussion that explores the next steps for green infrastructure.
March 31, 2026
Join the Lincoln Institute on March 31 at 12 p.m. ET for a webinar on installation fundamentals of manufactured homes, including the functional role of foundations, anchoring systems, and the permanent chassis.
September 16, 2026 – September 17, 2026
Detroit, MI
The Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network is accepting session proposals for its annual conference, happening on September 16–17 in Detroit, Michigan. Proposals are due May 14.
May 31, 2026 – June 5, 2026
El curso examina cómo la gestión del suelo y la movilización de plusvalías pueden ayudar a atender algunos de los desafíos que enfrentan los gobiernos subnacionales como el financiamiento de infraestructura y vivienda asequible.
