It’s a tough time to be a home buyer in today’s housing market. Housing shortages continue, and interest rates on mortgages are about double what they were two years ago. In June 2024, the average was 6.95% for a 30-year fixed mortgage and 6.17% for… Read More »Land Value Tax and Mortgages
Taxes influence behavior. When you tax cigarettes and alcohol, people are less likely to buy them. When you tax property and buildings, people are less likely to invest in improving current properties and developing new ones. This leads to run-down buildings, empty lots and underutilized… Read More »How Land Value Taxes Could Promote Fairer Taxes
This is the fourth piece in an ongoing series in which we explain how local housing costs cause homelessness, why solutions to homelessness should be funded from a land value tax, and the merits of redistributing land values through a universal basic income. Part 1:… Read More »Citywide Land Dividend: Can a LVT-funded UBI help solve homelessness?
This is the third piece in an ongoing series in which we explain how local housing costs cause homelessness, why solutions to homelessness should be funded from a land value tax, and the merits of redistributing land values through a universal basic income. Part 1:… Read More »Universal Land Dividend: Why Land Value Tax and a Universal Basic Income are even better together
Why solutions to homelessness should be funded by a tax on local land values. This is the first piece in an ongoing series in which we explain how local housing costs cause homelessness, why solutions to homelessness should be funded from a land value tax,… Read More »“In a good economy, homelessness goes up”: The Paradox of Progress and Poverty
In recent years, economic inequality has increased along with housing costs, inflation and mass layoffs, all of which have significantly impacted the economic well-being of individuals worldwide. These have led to a plethora of negative outcomes including the rise of homelessness and the share of… Read More »Exploring Universal Basic Income and Its Implementation
Excerpts from three New York Times articles on the city’s housing crisis New York City’s Housing Crunch is the Worst It Has Been in Over 50 Years By Mihir Zaveri Feb. 8, 2024 The portion of rentals that were vacant and available dropped to a… Read More »“New York City has a housing supply problem, yet there’s plenty of space for more housing. Is there a solution to this?”
In a certain sense, Australia was built on a land value tax. In fact, at the formation of the nation in 1901, a land value tax had already been in force in South Australia and New South Wales for about 20 years, with some jurisdictions… Read More »Land Tax Makes Progress in Australia with New Law
Land Value Tax (LVT) is not a new concept, yet many with an interest in the policy have noticed a recent uptick in news stories and online discussions on the subject, as well as an increasing number of U.S. municipalities and states giving serious consideration… Read More »How popular is Land Value Tax in 2024?
This is the fifth piece in an ongoing series that examines the role that control of land has played in racial injustice throughout Black history in the United States: Part 1: Slaveholders and Land Monopoly (1619 to 1865)Part 2: 40 Acres and a Ghoul (1865… Read More »Land & Racial Injustice – Part 5: Reaping What Was Sowed
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