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AbstractsCritiques of the Property TaxLand Value TaxationTax Increment FinancingTransit-Oriented DevelopmentABSTRACTS: The Hidden Costs of TIF
Municipal leaders say TIF is one of the most important tools available to fund urban renewal projects. But analysts and…
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ABSTRACTS: America’s Tollbooth Future?
The Trump administration’s Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure is promoting value capture financing for public transit projects. Really? Not really.…
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ABSTRACTS: Oregon Center for Public Policy – Undoing the legacy of racism through better tax policy
A groundbreaking report examines steps state lawmakers can take to help undo the legacy of racism embedded in tax and…
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ABSTRACTS: How Opportunity Zones Benefit Investors and Promote Displacement
Opportunity zones are one of the provisions in the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act hailed as a bipartisan success to…
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ABSTRACT: A Land Value Capture Tax Allows Us to Dream Big
Vancouver BC is in a housing affordability crisis. It’s time for transformative solutions that get to the heart of the…
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ABSTRACT: New Plan for Streetcar: Shorter, Pricier and Not Coming Soon
New York City proposes to use value capture to finance the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX), a proposed state-of-the-art streetcar. Read…
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ABSTRACT: Tax Breaks for Gentrifiers: How a 1990s Property Tax Revolt Has Skewed the Portland-Area Tax Burden
How a 1996 ballot initiative skewed the Portland-area tax burden, and why anti-taxer Bill Sizemore got it wrong. Read on……
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ABSTRACTS: Report knocks Oregon property tax system
A new national report targets Oregon’s unfair property tax system, saying it creates significant disparities in tax burden among property…
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ABSTRACTS: How Property Taxes Shape our Cities
Urban planners should pay attention to property taxes because a failure to do so can lead to unintended consequences. Read…
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