Land Lines
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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What Will Make Home Buyers Consider Climate Risk? What Happens Once They Do?
By Jon Gorey, November 17, 2023 -
How Seattle’s Black Home Initiative Is Addressing Affordability and Inequity
Amanda Abrams, February 20, 2024
April 2010
This issue looks at the importance of home value appraisals in analyzing and instituting effective taxation and planning policies in Mexico; new strategies to implement property tax relief for Americans who need it most; and the public policy outcomes of a famed eminent domain court case in Connecticut.
January 2010
This issue highlights the expansion of the Lincoln Institute’s China Program to address land policy and urban development matters; the effect of the mid-2000s economic crisis on housing and land values; and the results of a year-and-a-half-long study to better understand land use mediation strategies across Vermont.
October 2009
This issue looks at the importance of conserving U.S. forests in mitigating the effects of climate change; an overview of the achievements and obstacles of privately-held U.S. conservation easements; and the patterns and preferences of slum households and informal settlers in Santiago, Chile.
July 2009
This issue explores the American university’s evolved role as a driver of urban development; a joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute to shed light on African property taxes; and Latin American land laws and policies as they pertain to the continent’s troubled urban planning systems.
April 2009
This issue highlights the myriad challenges of redeveloping vacant and contaminated land in U.S. cities; the features, prevalence, and outcomes of city-imposed tax and expenditure limits; and an analysis of measuring housing informality in Latin America.
January 2009
This issue looks at the key components of a national infrastructure and economic development plan for the U.S.; an explanation of the benefits and controversies surrounding property taxes; and various aspects of inclusionary housing programs, including incentives and land value capture.