Topic: Housing

Course

Alternativas de Gestión del Suelo para la Producción de Vivienda Social

October 19, 2020 - November 20, 2020

Online

Free, offered in Spanish


Descripción

El curso explora las conexiones entre la planificación, la gestión del suelo y las políticas para la producción de vivienda nueva de interés social, identifica obstáculos y plantea alternativas basadas en la movilización de plusvalías. Se revisará el papel que juegan las normas de la planificación urbana, como las que establecen zonas destinadas a vivienda social o las que flexibilizan o aumentan las exigencias urbanísticas y constructivas y, también, la incidencia que tienen las políticas basadas en subsidios.

También se presentará un panorama de los instrumentos que han sido utilizados en algunas ciudades latinoamericanas. De esta manera, se espera que el estudiante comprenda la relación entre las políticas nacionales y municipales de vivienda, sus mecanismos financieros, y la generación y apropiación de plusvalías por parte de los agentes públicos y privados.

Relevancia

En las últimas décadas los gobiernos en América Latina han implementado políticas de vivienda social centradas en el diseño de dispositivos financieros, como el acceso al crédito, los subsidios directos o los incentivos al sector de la construcción . El problema del acceso a suelo urbanizado de calidad ha tenido un peso menor. En muchos casos se ha asumido que es un problema que pueden resolver mejor los constructores privados y, en otros casos, las agencias públicas han recurrido a mecanismos convencionales de adquisición pública de suelo para desarrollar proyectos de mediana o gran escala. Estas políticas han privilegiado la construcción de vivienda social en zonas periféricas a pesar de que sus efectos sociales, financieros y ambientales no siempre son positivos.

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Details

Date
October 19, 2020 - November 20, 2020
Application Period
August 18, 2020 - September 10, 2020
Selection Notification Date
September 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Location
Online
Language
Spanish
Cost
Free
Registration Fee
Free
Educational Credit Type
Lincoln Institute certificate

Keywords

Housing, Land Use, Public Policy, Value Capture

Lincoln Institute Sessions at the 2020 IAAO Annual Conference

August 30, 2020 - September 1, 2020

Offered in English

The annual conference of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) offers state and local assessing officials the opportunity to hear varied perspectives on property tax issues from practitioners and valuation experts. This year, the Lincoln Institute will present three seminars for conference participants on current issues in valuation and property tax policy:

Property Tax Policy Research Tools, Methods and Resources
Assessing officers and their associations should act as an information resource to enable legislators and other policy makers to better understand the effects of proposed policy changes. This session will highlight how to find property tax policy information and provide examples of key system features in the U.S. and Canada.

Solutions for Estimating the Value of Land in a Large Urban Jurisdiction
Accurate measurement of land value is an important component of a sound assessment system, yet allocating the land portion of total property value is challenging in areas with few vacant land sales. This session will present new methods for estimating land values in a large urban jurisdiction.

The Use and Benefits of Automated Valuation Models: Results and Insights from the 2019 AVM Survey
In 2019, the IAAO in partnership with the Lincoln Institute, surveyed the IAAO membership on the use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) for the assessment of property. This presentation will reveal the results of the survey and provide insight into accuracy and efficiency of these valuation tools.


Details

Date
August 30, 2020 - September 1, 2020
Language
English

Keywords

Assessment, Economic Development, Land Value, Land-Based Tax, Legal Issues, Local Government, Municipal Fiscal Health, Property Taxation, Public Finance, Taxation, Valuation, Value-Based Taxes

Land Matters Podcast

Episode 13: Housing at a Time of Crisis
By Anthony Flint, July 9, 2020

 

The coronavirus pandemic and growing outrage about racial injustice have underscored the centrality of healthy, well-located, and affordable housing in society. The economic and racial disparities so starkly revealed in recent weeks and months have prompted a re-assessment of the overall approach to housing, what’s working and what needs to be changed.

“I hope that we are going to see some willingness to radically rethink things,” says Kim Vermeer, founder of Urban Habitat Initiatives and coauthor of a new book, Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, speaking on the Land Matters podcast.

“The new awareness in the white world about structural racism and equity is going to mean that there will be a reframing of so many of the NIMBY (not in my backyard) issues that are keeping anything but single-family homes from being developed. For those who say don’t build here, this could become an opportunity.”

“Covid-19 has certainly put more wind in the sails of social housing policy, as well as more environmentally sustainable and livable design,” says Andre Leroux, executive director of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, who also joined the wide-ranging conversation about housing.

An added urgency is that some predict a wave of evictions when COVID-19 stimulus aid runs out and state and local governments potentially lift eviction moratoria.

The conversation highlights both near-term solutions and strategies to change the rules of the game so more housing can be built in the future—and how perceptions are evolving about cities, sustainability, and density.

You can listen to the show and subscribe to Land Matters on Apple PodcastsGoogle PlaySpotifyStitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Further reading

President’s Message: Think Land Policy Is Unrelated to Racial Injustice? Think Again. Land Lines
The Destiny of Density: Affordability, Equity, and the Impacts of an Insidious Virus Land Lines
Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, by Kim Vermeer and Walker Wells
How to Block Multifamily Housing Bloomberg CityLab

Anthony Flint is senior fellow in the Office of the President at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and a contributing editor of Land Lines.

Photograph: A boarded-up business in Seattle. Credit: 400tmax via Getty Images.

Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition

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