Georgist Registry Annual ReportLincoln Institute of Land PolicyThe mission of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is to improve the quality of the public debate and decisions concerning land policy and land-related taxation, through education, research, policy evaluation, publications, dissemination of information, and demonstration projects in the United States and internationally. The Institute provides a forum for public officials, policy advisors, practitioners, journalists, scholars and involved citizens to discuss the multidisplinary forces that influence public policy related to land. This interest in land derives from the Institute?s founding objective ? to address the links between land policy and social and economic progress as expressed by Henry George in his book, Progress and Poverty.
A recent publication from the Institute?s research program, <Land Value Taxation, co-editors Richard F.Dye and Richard W. England, includes a comprehensive review of theory and published evidence on the land value tax and explores the results of its implementation in the U.S., primarily in Hawaii and Pennsylvania, and abroad in Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa, Estonia, and elsewhere. Other recent and ongoing research and policy evaluation initiatives include work on value capture in Latin America; property tax assessment practices and relief and reform proposals in the U.S.; the development of the property tax overseas with particular emphasis on China, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa; and an evaluation of smart growth policies in the United States.
In order to provide free access to information and data to assist researchers and policymakers on issues of land values and land taxation, we have recently created two new data facilities on our Website in the Resources and Tools section of www.lincolninst.edu. The first, "Significant Features of the Property Tax," provides a wealth of information on local property taxation in all 50 states, restoring a service provided by the federal government until about a decade ago. The interactive database, initiated in partnership with the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, will be regularly updated. The second data facility, Land and Property Values in the U.S., will allow access to data sets on the values and rents of residential properties in the United States covering three dimensions: the ratio of rents to prices for the stock of all owner-occupied housing; values and price indexes for all land, structures, and housing in residential use; and values and price indexes for land, structures, and housing for single-family owner-occupied housing units in 46 major U.S. metropolitan areas. A key aspect of these data is their provision of separate price indices for land and structures, in addition to the more common price indices for property (land and structures combined).
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy also offers training courses related to land policy including online courses addressing property tax systems, two rate taxation, tax administration, and community land trusts. Through the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, online training is available in Spanish on tax administration and cadastral systems, value capture, and property taxation and property valuation. In partnership with the National CLT Network, we provide information and analysis on current practices in administering community land trusts, as a long-term affordable housing strategy, and host a website subcenter. A recent publication, The City-CLT Partnership, explored municipal support for community land trusts.
The full range of education and research programs at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is available in detail in the Program at our website.
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