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Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities
Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell
Julho 2017, inglês
Strong local leadership, a shared community vision, inclusive growth, creative problem solving, cross-sector collaboration, and placemaking are all important ingredients for success in America’s smaller legacy cities. For generations, these industrial centers were essential to building American middle-class prosperity. Places like Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Worcester, Massachusetts, created job opportunities that enabled massive numbers of rural […]
Julho 2017, inglês
Strong local leadership, a shared community vision, inclusive growth, creative problem solving, cross-sector collaboration, and placemaking are all important ingredients for success in America’s smaller legacy cities. For generations, these industrial centers were essential to building American middle-class prosperity. Places like Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Worcester, Massachusetts, created job opportunities that enabled massive numbers of rural […]
GASB 77
Revealing the Cost of Property Tax Incentives for Business
Julho 2017, inglês
Good-government advocates across the ideological spectrum are hoping a new accounting rule will shed light on the costs of property tax incentives for business, following years of public skepticism about the purported economic benefits of these tax breaks. Known as “GASB 77,” the Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 77 requires an estimated 50,000 state […]
Julho 2017, inglês
Good-government advocates across the ideological spectrum are hoping a new accounting rule will shed light on the costs of property tax incentives for business, following years of public skepticism about the purported economic benefits of these tax breaks. Known as “GASB 77,” the Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 77 requires an estimated 50,000 state […]
The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax
Julho 2017, inglês
This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the property tax as well as the stability of the property tax compared to the three state taxes (sales tax, income tax, and corporate […]
Julho 2017, inglês
This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the property tax as well as the stability of the property tax compared to the three state taxes (sales tax, income tax, and corporate […]
New Lincoln Institute Book
After Great Disasters
Julho 2017, inglês
After Great Disasters: An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery By Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky In the face of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and the extreme weather impacts of climate change, communities need to plan ahead for their disaster recovery to ensure that they rebound and emerge stronger than before, […]
Julho 2017, inglês
After Great Disasters: An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery By Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky In the face of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and the extreme weather impacts of climate change, communities need to plan ahead for their disaster recovery to ensure that they rebound and emerge stronger than before, […]
New Lincoln Institute Book
Property Tax in Africa
Julho 2017, inglês
Property Tax in Africa: Status, Challenges, and Prospects By Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey Africa’s rapid growth and urbanization will require stable local governments to deliver goods and services to billions of people. Authors Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey suggest that the property tax can help communities in Africa manage this challenge. In Property Tax […]
Julho 2017, inglês
Property Tax in Africa: Status, Challenges, and Prospects By Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey Africa’s rapid growth and urbanization will require stable local governments to deliver goods and services to billions of people. Authors Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey suggest that the property tax can help communities in Africa manage this challenge. In Property Tax […]
New Lincoln Institute Report
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study: For Taxes Paid in 2016
Julho 2017, inglês
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study: For Taxes Paid in 2016 By the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence For the 12th year in a row, New York City has the largest discrepancy of any U.S. city in property tax rates for multi-family rental apartment buildings compared to owner-occupied homes, […]
Julho 2017, inglês
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study: For Taxes Paid in 2016 By the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence For the 12th year in a row, New York City has the largest discrepancy of any U.S. city in property tax rates for multi-family rental apartment buildings compared to owner-occupied homes, […]
Eminent Domain and Social Conflict in Five Latin American Metropolitan Areas
Junho 2017, inglês
Junho 2017, inglês
Junho 2017, inglês
