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ABSTRACT: How Lower-Income Americans Get Cheated on Property Taxes
Many homeowners are paying unfairly high taxes because local governments are failing to accurately assess property values. What can be…
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ABSTRACTS: These Cities Tried to Tackle Disinvestment. Here Are Lessons from What Happened.
Here are some lessons from cities that adopted innovative strategies to tackle disinvestment and spur development. What actually works? ProPublica…
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UPDATE to Prosper Australia’s Upzoning Windfall Tax Efforts
Congratulations Prosper Australia! In June of this year we posted an article from Prosper Australia making the case for a…
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ABSTRACTS: Vancouver’s Up-zoning Push Lacks One Guarantee. Affordability
The Tyee Vancouver’s Up-zoning Push Lacks One Guarantee. Affordability The bylaw is sold as a way to create new rentals.…
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ABSTRACTS: Will Up-Zoning Neighborhoods Make Homes More affordable?
Cities across the country are proposing up-zoning laws to combat the housing crisis. This might actually work – if coupled…
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What can you do to help?
Get Involved Become a Member Common Ground Oregon-Washington is one chapter of a national, volunteer-led, advocacy organization, Common Ground USA.…
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Using the Oregon Legislative Information System(OLIS)
Using the State Legislative Website The Oregon State Legislature has many online tools for connecting with legislators and the legislative…
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ABSTRACTS: Let There be Housing in Downtown Anchorage – SIGHTLINE Institute
Let There be Housing in Downtown Anchorage Anchorage’s new mayor has the chance to make lasting and historic improvements to…
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ABSTRACTS: We Need to Build Our Way Out of This Mess
Can we build our way out of the housing price inflation mess? We must, but how? We Need to Build…
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