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Folder Imaging the Land Value Tax
New data imaging systems will help reveal the potential benefit of a shift from taxation of labor and capital onto community created land values (or "economic rent") Some "first look" examples are shown, using Philadelphia and Clairton, Pennsylvania as a template. Another powerful tool to see land value is GIS. The section "Land Value Maps/Scapes presents city-wide representations of land values, described by Dr. Bill Batt and prepared by two GIS experts.
Folder Recent Implementation Studies (2007-2008)
Samples of land value tax outcomes for cities that have requested studies. Dates: 2007-2008
Folder Recent Implementation Studies 2005-2006
Several cities in Pennsylvania, along with Clairton School district, which adopted a major tax shift to land value taxation in July 2006.
Folder York, PA
 
Folder Johnstown, Pennsylvania 2000 to 2008
LVT would appear to be a natural fit for the struggling post-industrial city of Johnstown, PA. New Item: LVT study concludes persuasively that now is the time for LVT in Johnstown. This study, completed in August, 2008 also demonstrates that the padded "menu" of tax choices for the city adds to an economic environment that is not welcoming to business or homeowner. The rates are high in Johnstown and either non-existent or very small in surrounding communities. This reality makes people go elsewhere when they build in the Cambria County area or ask for expensive tax breaks at the expense of seniors, the poor and the retired.
Page Can a Site Value Tax be an answer?
A study of the effects of SVT on Paterson, NJ
Folder Past Action/Activity
The Center and it sister organization, the Henry George Foundation of America present an annual rundown of work during the 2006-2007 year. 2007-2008 will be presented in September 2008.
Folder Recent Implementation Studies 2009
New Hampshire has always tantalized land value tax advocates. Property tax is the primary form of taxation and New Hampshire has prospered mightily. The University of New Hampshire's Richard England provided an admirable study of the possible impact of land value tax in select communities. http://www.unh.edu/news/docs/rengland_propertytax.pdf Here, Williams College student Morgan Seybert explores an interest and universal take on land value and tax incidence: In the Lake Winnipesaukee area, land values are large on the waterfront, and decline as one moves inland. No surprise. Yet, houses get bigger off the lakefront, and a land value tax would reduce the poorer owner-occupiers taxes, whilst shifting tax burden to the second-home absentees.
Folder Power Point Presentations of land value tax policy and economics
From larger economic forces shaping our world to practical application of land tax policies and collection of economic rent, this section contains PowerPoint and other media to explain and educate the public on forces that are often hard to connect and understand.
Folder Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Land Value Tax fiscal and administrative information provided by the City of Harrisburg
File Pat Toomey Support Letter
The common ground that LVT can provide between the left and right is shown by this letter advocating for LVT from well-known GOP personality, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. From Ralph Nader, Michael Kinsley and Molly Ivins, to William Buckley and Winston Churchill, LVT runs the full political spectrum except those who prefer monopoly privilege.
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