Blight and Development
Standard policy choices assume that targeted tax breaks (abatements, TIFs, enterprise zones) can help revive dying communities. Since all these programs involve taxes, why not apply the solutions universally and fairly without favor?
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Bankers, Mortgages and Land Tax
- Former Fannie Mae mortgage expert Edward Dodson explains to his colleagues why land taxation lessens risk, and improves portfolio outcome.
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Cleveland's Case for LVT
- A 2003 article from Cleveland Scene discusses how land tax can help blighted areas of the now-poorest big city in the US.
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Development and Derelict Land
- Dr. Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institure and State University, discusses how market forces can be blocked by taxation and how land taxation can remove those impediments to growth.
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Development and Derelict Land
- Dr. Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, discusses how market forces can be blocked by taxation and how land taxation can remove those impediments to growth. 4-page PDF version.
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Land Tax and Planning
- Most planners lay down ideas, charrettes, and goals but often neglect the root cause of decaying cities. Providing a fiscal structure that supports their efforts is crucial. Here, a respected planner explains how.
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Philadelphia Realtors Advocate for Land Taxation
- GPAR, the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors has been pushing for acceptance of land taxation in Philadelphia since 2002. This is their policy piece on the the subject.
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Realtors and Land Taxation
- Dr. Bill Batt briefly illustrates why land taxation makes real estate markets work. Markets mean business for Realtors.
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Who Says Cities are Poor?
- Tax Policy subverts and corrodes the real economic potential of cities. Cities must unleash their economic potential for all citizens, not the favored few. Dr. Bill Batt uses Philadlephia as a case study.
