The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will be participating in the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 47th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 13–15 in Seattle, Washington.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: The Lincoln Institute seeks proposals for research examining how building codes and standards influence housing supply, quality, and affordability; resilience to climate-related risks; and equity for vulnerable communities.

"For now, however, the South Station project is a dramatic expression of the old juxtaposed with the new." Today Senior Fellow Anthony Flint published an analysis of Boston's latest skyscraper—and what it represents for the MA capital. In Bloomberg CityLab: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

What would economic development look like if resident well-being and equity were primary goals, not aspirational after-effects of growth? In a new @edqjournal.bsky.social article, Associate Director for Equity and Opportunity Haegi Kwon presents a framework to do exactly that.

NEW: Applications are now open for the next cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows and Teams Programs! @claremontlincoln.bsky.social

Just published! “Looking in, Leveraging, and Locking: An Asset-Based Framework for Economic Development Policy and Practice” by H. Kwon @landpolicy.bsky.social. Accessible to all @edqjournal.bsky.social @sagepub.com. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"[We] found a pattern that spans the globe: Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024 have come from localities repeatedly hit by hurricanes, floods and droughts..."

Reminder: applications are due November 25 ⬇️

October 31 is the deadline to submit a proposal for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief. Learn more and apply: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

New in Land Lines: Communities across the US are wooing data centers with tax breaks and other incentives, eager to lay claim to a piece of the explosive growth surrounding artificial intelligence.

Lincoln Institute staff members Patrick Welch, Enrique R Silva, and Amy Cotter and former colleague Martin Smolka coauthored a paper that is now included as a book chapter in a forthcoming edited volume, "Decentralized Governance and Climate Change."

Más de 250 periodistas postularon al Premio Lincoln al Periodismo sobre políticas urbanas, Desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático 2025. Los ganadores del Premio, ya en su cuarto año, son trabajos de excelencia sobre temas clave de la actualidad. ¡Felicitaciones a todos los ganadores y sus equipos!

Strengthening public policy through futures thinking. 🌍 Last month in Brasília, the Lincoln Institute and Brazil’s Secretariat for Federal Public Assets applied Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) to explore the future of the Imóvel da Gente Program.

In a new working paper, Senior Policy Analyst Luis Quintanilla examines the fiscal impacts of work-from-home on commercial property values in the US. Read the paper: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

what does it mean that small landowners are being asked to lease their land, or at least the carbon inside their trees, to corporations like amazon for 20-year contracts? i am super excited to share this work and grateful to the @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting it! ✊ tinyurl.com/mw2zx9fe

Local actors have a lot to juggle and the options for equitable development programming can be overwhelming. So how can community leaders determine which strategies and programming to pursue?

Our Consortium for Scenario Planning is seeking proposals for community-based exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshops that address the urgent challenge of climate mobility—the movement of people driven by climate-related risks such as flooding, wildfires, droughts, and storms.

The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief, with a focus on research that studies the issue of tangled titles and how communities have tried to address them in preparing for natural disasters.

Última llamada: ¡el último día para enviar solicitudes es mañana!

Reminder: in one week, our Consortium for Scenario Planning and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) are holding a virtual peer exchange at 12 p.m. ET!

NEW: The Lincoln Institute is seeking proposals for research examining how building codes and standards influence housing supply, quality, and affordability; resilience to climate-related risks; and equity for vulnerable communities.

Great @nytimes.com article about a City of Atlanta park that successfully acts as a nature-based solution for extreme weather. By Rick Rojas: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

¡El último día para enviar solicitudes es el viernes! El Instituto Lincoln otorgará becas para cubrir parte del costo del máster en Políticas de Suelo y Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible, ofrecido por el Instituto Lincoln y la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (@uneduniv.bsky.social)

The Lincoln Institute is looking for community-based partners in Latin America or the Caribbean to cohost an exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshop on water resilience in 2026.

On Friday, Lincoln Institute Director of Conservation and Stewardship Chandni Navalkha will be speaking at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. Learn more: iucncongress2025.org/programme/un...

The first webinar in this series is today at 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT!

@wisconsinwatch.org recently cited our I'm HOME network's research on the costs of manufactured housing in the state. Today Wisconsin owners of manufactured homes pay a median of $553 per month for housing, compared to $1,118 for all homeowners and $917 for all renters.

Last month, the Consortium for Scenario Planning joined the kick-off of the latest Lincoln Vibrant Communities cohort in Chicago to bring Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) into practice.

¡Buenas noticias! Se ha ampliado el plazo una semana! El plazo de solicitud finaliza el 10 de octubre.

¡Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del final del día viernes! El Instituto Lincoln otorgará becas para cubrir parte del costo del máster en Políticas de Suelo y Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible, ofrecido por el Instituto Lincoln y la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

Density is critical to analyzing affordable housing, land use, and real estate development issues—but is often misunderstood.

Join us for a live 30-minute info session to see how you can earn a degree online — and for under $10K — thanks to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Scholarship at Claremont Lincoln University. Register: claremontlincoln.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Cities from Denver to Atlanta are welcoming digital billboards to their downtowns. While some see it as a boost for urban vibrancy & culture, others worry it’s the first step to a digital advertising dystopia. Learn more in Rob Walker's latest City Tech column: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Reminder: applications are due Tuesday!

Happy #FellowsFriday! Today we're profiling Fernando E. Lloveras San Miguel, executive director of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico and the 2020 recipient of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award and Fellowship (now known as the Kingsbury Browne Distinguished Practitioner program).

Reminder: applications are due in 4 days for the next cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Teams Program! This 24-week program combines in-person education with an online curriculum designed for teams of up to six individuals tackling community challenges. @claremontlincoln.bsky.social

Great discussion of the importance of density for vibrant neighborhoods, demystifying the word, & thinking about what density actually looks like. Density doesn’t have to mean 100+ unit apt buildings, but can look like many of the 12-20 home buildings that define Brookline. @landpolicy.bsky.social

La semana pasada se celebró el XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Conservación Voluntaria en la Ciudad de Panamá.

La segregación espacial reduce las oportunidades de familias y grupos vulnerables y, aun así, varias políticas de vivienda social la favorecen.

Last week, the Lincoln Institute hosted a group of national and local practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from across the country for a conversation about the importance of strengthening local infrastructure and centering community perspectives in economic development strategies.

Applications for the Consortium for Scenario Planning's Advisory Board close on September 30! This group of practitioners, academics, and consultants guides our community of practice to foster growth in scenario planning at all scales. Learn more and apply: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Our Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I'm HOME) Network hosted its annual conference last week in Atlanta! A few highlights:

"Jacobs, understood in full, wasn’t antidevelopment, nor was she exactly a YIMBY." Senior Fellow Anthony Flint analyzes what the 20th century’s leading urbanist actually thought about density in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/jan...

El curso Derecho Urbanístico Latinoamericano: Fundamentos, Instrumentos y Desafíos ofrece una propuesta académica pionera para comprender el papel de la disciplina del Derecho Urbanístico en la transformación de las ciudades de América Latina.

America's greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and monitoring capabilities face significant coordination challenges at a time when decision-makers across sectors urgently need reliable emissions data.

Less than two weeks to submit nominations for our International Land Conservation Network's 2025 ILCN Conservation Innovation Award!

Check out this great new resource from @landpolicy.bsky.social. This online database, Visualizing Density, helps show how different densities play a role in housing affordability and fit into the context of cities and towns around the country www.lincolninst.edu/data/visuali...

We recently relaunched Visualizing Density, an online database featuring more than 100 images of the built environment that helps show how different densities play a role in housing affordability and fit into the context of cities and towns around the world. go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

We're proud to be a member of the Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition (UMMC).

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Land Trust Alliance are pleased to announce that Steve Rosenberg has been presented with the 2025 Kingsbury Browne Distinguished Practitioner Award at the Alliance’s annual national land conservation conference, held this year in Cleveland, Ohio.