Progress and Poverty

Is Undervalued Vacant Land just a Baltimore problem? We compared it against every other Maryland county

Is Undervalued Vacant Land just a Baltimore problem? • We compared it against every other Maryland county

Research funding opportunities - Apply Now The launch of the Center for Land Economics Fellowship, PPI's 2026 Progress of Ideas grant, and Henry George Foundation of Great Britain grant.

Research funding opportunities - Apply Now • The launch of the Center for Land Economics Fellowship, PPI's 2026 Progress of Ideas grant, and Henry George Foundation of Great Britain grant.

The Housing Crisis as a Land Crisis Why rising housing costs are really about constrained urban land, and what to do about it

The Housing Crisis as a Land Crisis • Why rising housing costs are really about constrained urban land, and what to do about it

The Housing Ladder's Broken Promise Housing can be affordable, or an investment, but not both.

The Housing Ladder's Broken Promise • Housing can be affordable, or an investment, but not both.

Landscape 6 – New Year, New Legislative Sessions and Launching the CLE Board New LVT bills launch in Maryland and New Hampshire, carryover legislation returns in New York and Minnesota, Spokane keeps pushing in Washington—and CLE officially announces its Board

Landscape 6 – New Year, New Legislative Sessions and Launching the CLE Board • New LVT bills launch in Maryland and New Hampshire, carryover legislation returns in New York and Minnesota, Spokane keeps pushing in Washington—and CLE officially announces its Board

Return of the Georgists: A conversation with Greg Miller and Lars Doucet A recording from Greg Miller and Jeff Fong's live video

Return of the Georgists: A conversation with Greg Miller and Lars Doucet • A recording from Greg Miller and Jeff Fong's live video

Will the Housing Market Crash in 2026? The "18-year land cycle" theory predicts a crash this year. Martin Jacobson evaluates the evidence for it.

Will the Housing Market Crash in 2026? • The "18-year land cycle" theory predicts a crash this year. Martin Jacobson evaluates the evidence for it.

Georgism through Land Leasing Municipal Land Leasing is real, effective, and very, very Georgist

Georgism through Land Leasing • Municipal Land Leasing is real, effective, and very, very Georgist

Enacting Land Value Return in your hometown A how-to guide for local activists

Enacting Land Value Return in your hometown • A how-to guide for local activists

One Year of Land Value Tax Advocacy How you can support us on Giving Tuesday

One Year of Land Value Tax Advocacy • How you can support us on Giving Tuesday

The Right-wing schism over property taxes Youtubers, state senators, and the Charlie Kirk show go to war with the GOP establishment

The Right-wing schism over property taxes • Youtubers, state senators, and the Charlie Kirk show go to war with the GOP establishment

BOOM: LVT Candidates Get Elected - Landscape #5 Mayoral candidates supporting LVT win in Seattle and Buffalo as LVT grows more mainstream.

BOOM: LVT Candidates Get Elected - Landscape #5 • Mayoral candidates supporting LVT win in Seattle and Buffalo as LVT grows more mainstream.

Book Review: The Land Trap by Mike Bird Land is an even bigger deal than you thought

Book Review: The Land Trap by Mike Bird • Land is an even bigger deal than you thought

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Champion of the Landless Mamdani won with the support of the tenant class. But should he control their rent? Or redistribute it?

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Champion of the Landless • Mamdani won with the support of the tenant class. But should he control their rent? Or redistribute it?

Stop incentivizing surface parking lots They are draining the economic potential of our cities. We need to make them financially unsustainable.

Stop incentivizing surface parking lots • They are draining the economic potential of our cities. We need to make them financially unsustainable.

A Georgist’s reflections on YIMBYtown Georgism is where YIMBYism should go next.

A Georgist’s reflections on YIMBYtown • Georgism is where YIMBYism should go next.

Land value return is needed, pragmatic, and achievable Video/transcript from the latest LVT Landscape LIVE event

Land value return is needed, pragmatic, and achievable • Video/transcript from the latest LVT Landscape LIVE event

The Property Tax Patchwork Impeding Our Local Governments Local governments keep cutting special deals creating inefficient systems. What does it say about property tax incentives?

The Property Tax Patchwork Impeding Our Local Governments • Local governments keep cutting special deals creating inefficient systems. What does it say about property tax incentives?

Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method The least we can do to improve land valuation methodology right away

Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method • The least we can do to improve land valuation methodology right away

So You Want to Abolish Property Taxes Or: "how to not turn your red state into California"

So You Want to Abolish Property Taxes • Or: "how to not turn your red state into California"

What Baltimore’s assessments taught me about cities, data, and fairness The importance of land banks, how should we value commercial land, and more takeaways from months in the weeds on Baltimore's assessments

What Baltimore’s assessments taught me about cities, data, and fairness • The importance of land banks, how should we value commercial land, and more takeaways from months in the weeds on Baltimore's assessments

The Landscape #4: Wins aren’t always legislative, though legislative wins are on the horizon Maryland assessors will fix chronic undervaluation of land; jurisdictions consider land value taxes. Who will be the first mover?

The Landscape #4: Wins aren’t always legislative, though legislative wins are on the horizon • Maryland assessors will fix chronic undervaluation of land; jurisdictions consider land value taxes. Who will be the first mover?

OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source mass appraisal library You provide the data and the modeling decisions, we provide the tools

OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source mass appraisal library • You provide the data and the modeling decisions, we provide the tools

How Baltimore Assessments Accidentally Subsidize Blight—And How We Can Fix It Baltimore systematically undervalues vacant lots by as much as half a billion dollars, a new Center for Land Economics report finds.

How Baltimore Assessments Accidentally Subsidize Blight—And How We Can Fix It • Baltimore systematically undervalues vacant lots by as much as half a billion dollars, a new Center for Land Economics report finds.

The curious case of Qingdao, China's land value tax What we can learn from a German colony's LVT experiment

The curious case of Qingdao, China's land value tax • What we can learn from a German colony's LVT experiment

DeSantis is Half-Right About Property Taxes The Florida Governor is trying to undo Florida’s property taxes. Taxes on buildings are bad. Taxes on land are not.

DeSantis is Half-Right About Property Taxes • The Florida Governor is trying to undo Florida’s property taxes. Taxes on buildings are bad. Taxes on land are not.

What don’t we know about LVT? Research that could advance Georgism. Reviewing the current state of research into land value taxes & cultivating future research

What don’t we know about LVT? Research that could advance Georgism. • Reviewing the current state of research into land value taxes & cultivating future research

LVT Landscape #3: LVT Momentum is Worldwide It's more than South Korea's new president supporting Land Value Tax.

LVT Landscape #3: LVT Momentum is Worldwide • It's more than South Korea's new president supporting Land Value Tax.