Building to last is the only thing we can afford to do. The social and environmental costs of disposable buildings are far too high.
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By building disposable structures, we are leading ourselves toward a socially, economically, and environmentally ruinous future.
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The inequities in the tax assessment system are national. But the solutions will have to come from the bottom-up.
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Taxing land rather than improvements is a good idea whose time has come. Why aren’t more places already doing it? And how can you make the case for it in your city?
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New maps from Urban3 visualize the shocking disparities in who is actually footing municipal bills in California.
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Taxation is a powerful planning tool, whether we want it to be or not.
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The phrase "value capture" has been tossed around a lot lately. Here's what it does and doesn't mean.
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Homeownership and suburban development receive preferential tax treatment, and the market responds to incentives built into the code.
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I recall listening to a conversation about technical debt a few short weeks ago and nodding my head at the metaphor. So I asked my partner Ryan, and our friend Brendan, both of whom work in software, to explain technical debt a little further.
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We took a system where gentrification was a positive force for wealth creation among the underprivileged and, under the guise of improving their situation, changed the system in a way that now primarily benefits the wealthy, where it benefits anyone at all.
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