Better Assessments & Better Incentives
Driving sustainable and equitable growth through fair tax policy.
The Center for Land Economics conducts research and provides education to promote equitable assessments and foster sustainable development for the benefit of communities.
Our Work
Ideas to Action
Progress and Poverty Substack
The pulse of land value taxes: Weekly updates, thought-provoking commentary, and much more on Progress and Poverty.
Mass Appraisal for the Masses
Modern, cutting-edge, free and open source mass appraisal toolkit for researchers, analysts, governments, and everybody else.
Land Value Tax Research
In-depth LVT modeling, data-driven insights, and comprehensive reports illuminating the story of cities through land value.
Better Assessments & Incentives
Our Ideas
Property taxes should be fairly assessed and transparent.
Property taxes should also incentivize productivity and discourage speculation.
The Center for Land Economics advances property tax reform that emphasizes the importance of land in urban cities. By returning land value to the community through land value taxes, more development will occur and gains in productivity will be shared with the community.
The value of land returned to the community that makes it valuable.
In the News
State chronically undervalues vacant land in Baltimore, report finds
Could the Land Value Tax Solve the Housing Shortage?
Strong Towns National Gathering | Building the Bridge: How to Connect Value Creation with Value Capture
Land value tax pilot program proposed to make New York housing affordable
