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From Eternal to Extinguished: The Reform of Municipal Ground Lease in the Netherlands

by Rinske Bijl

“On a Sunday afternoon, the city council of Amsterdam flushed 100 years of progressive policy down the drain,” says journalist Hans de Geus. “Melancholy, disappointment and a fighting spirit” prevail in the green progressive party (GroenLinks). “A historic blunder,” according to Marjolein Moorman, currently alderman… Read More »From Eternal to Extinguished: The Reform of Municipal Ground Lease in the Netherlands

Citadels of Privilege: How LLCs Funnel Land Rents Into the Pockets of Wealthy Investors

by Stephen Hoskins

As housing costs continue their inexorable climb upwards in cities across the US, concern is mounting about the role played by corporate investors. Referred to as the ‘financialization’ of housing, real estate is being hoovered-up by massive investment funds with names like BlackRock and Blackstone. While attention is often paid… Read More »Citadels of Privilege: How LLCs Funnel Land Rents Into the Pockets of Wealthy Investors

LVT on the Ballot in New Zealand

by Stephen Hoskins

New Zealand is suffering many of the same ills that afflict American cities. Tenants facing ever-rising rents, young people and ethnic minorities being priced out of homeownership, widening inequality driven by soaring land values, sprawling cities and congested streets. A long and bitter debate that… Read More »LVT on the Ballot in New Zealand

LVT, the Key to Conservation Biology?

by Frank de Jong

“The Earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.” ― E. O. Wilson A mass extinction is underway, we… Read More »LVT, the Key to Conservation Biology?

Who Says You Can’t Have a State Property Tax?

by Joshua Vincent

Well, okay. Lots of people. One of the crowning strategies to rouse the rabble is to ream the property tax. Fair enough. But in some states like New Jersey, the property tax is unpopular, likely because the property tax is just as high as the… Read More »Who Says You Can’t Have a State Property Tax?

Zoning Has Been Weaponized

by L. Lo Sontag

Low-density housing typically refers to residential areas occupied primarily by single-family homes or buildings with a limited number of dwellings. There is no set definition, but one characteristic of such an area is that the inhabitants start complaining about any housing development that is too… Read More »Zoning Has Been Weaponized

Saving Los Angeles

by L. Lo Sontag

To save itself, Los Angeles must return to its original hair color or, as they say, “its roots.” When my great-great-grandfather landed in Los Angeles in 1890, there were commuter trains. Downtown Los Angeles was an actual center city, not simply a name of one… Read More »Saving Los Angeles

Free Newark Now!

by Joshua Vincent

Along with New York City, Newark, New Jersey, possesses one of the best locational advantages of any city in the United States. Founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans, the town grew by leaps and bounds; the Industrial Revolution sparked a meteoric increase in population and… Read More »Free Newark Now!

The Public Finance Effects of the Italian Ghost Buildings Program

by Enrico Rubolino

Does informality hold back tax progressivity, that is, the capacity to tax the rich at a higher rate than the poor? The optimal (and fair) distribution of the tax burden has long been a key issue in both academic and policy circles. In a new… Read More »The Public Finance Effects of the Italian Ghost Buildings Program

Green Acres

by Frank de Jong

Land Value Taxation (LVT) would level the playing field between new farmers and established mortgage-free farmers who presently have a huge (‘I was on the island first’) advantage. By untaxing jobs and improvements, LVT would bias towards labor-intensive, structure-intensive, value-added farming; this would mean a… Read More »Green Acres

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