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ABSTRACTS: As California Rents Rise, Where to Live Becomes Monthly Guessing Game
California’s severe housing shortage is driving up rents, leaving many lower-income families struggling to stay in neighborhoods they once could…
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ABSTRACTS: Property Tax Incentives for New Housing Spurred Gentrification in New York City
In New York City, spillover effects from localized new housing construction driven by tax breaks for developers include higher rents…
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ABSTRACTS: Location, Location, Location? For Rents and Home Prices, It’s Now Transit, Transit, Transit
You’ve heard the real estate investment mantra: “location, location, location,” now it’s “transit, transit, transit,” read more about transit’s contribution…
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Common Ground MN – Land Value Tax: A promising land-use tool proposed for our communities
Our colleagues in Minneapolis are proposing legislation authorizing a targeted version of LVT. How about those incentives! Read more… Land…
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ABSTRACTS: The Power of the Land Value Tax
The Power of the Land Value Tax Strong Towns Media Excerpt: You’re probably familiar with the phrase, “No good deed…
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ABSTRACTS: Tax breaks for gentrifiers – How a 1990s property tax revolt has skewed the Portland-area tax burden
How the 1990’s Oregon property tax revolt resulted in skewed tax burdens is by now well documented. This Oregonian editorial…
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ABSTRACTS: As Newark Rises, Could Black Residents Be Pushed Out?
As Newark, NJ embarks on ambitious redevelopment schemes, some are expressing concern that the projects will cater to wealthy newcomers…
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STRONG TOWNS: Non-Glamorous Gains – The Pennsylvania Land Tax Experiment
Did LVT help prevent blight in deindustrializing Pennsylvania cities? Take a look at this posting on the Strong Towns website……
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ABSTRACTS: Will Banning Single-Family Zoning Make for More Affordable Homes?
Minneapolis, and now Oregon cities are banning exclusive single-family zoning. Now, we’re asking: will smaller multifamily housing types lead to…
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