Boston’s Seaport neighborhood has helped power the city’s budget—but @bostonglobe.com reports that rising seas and storm-driven flooding could soon put that revenue at risk.

I’ve attended a couple of these Lincoln Institute Journalists Fora. They've inspired us at the NZA to do a (virtual) media training in the new year to ensure reporters know how to use it. Stay tuned, but in the meantime, media can learn more about the NZA at www.zoningatlas.org/media!

Earlier this fall, Lincoln Institute staff from our Planning Practice, Fiscal Systems, and Learning Design teams partnered with the International Center for Land Policy Study and Training (ICLPST) to deliver a four-week in-person course on infrastructure development and planning in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

It's hard to believe that it's already been two weeks since our 2025 Journalists Forum! For ~30 years, we've gathered writers, reporters, & editors from all around the country and brought them to Cambridge to learn from cutting-edge researchers and practitioners and network with fellow journalists.

A comprehensive update of State-by-State Property Tax at a Glance, the most thorough online resource for US property tax information, is now available.

The proliferation of data centers was one of 2025's biggest stories, prompting concerns about land use, energy and water consumption, and carbon emissions.

Our partners at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (@gsd.harvard.edu) are now accepting applications for the Pollman Fellowship in Real Estate and Urban Development.

At a particularly challenging time to work in government, the Lincoln Vibrant Communities program, an initiative of Claremont Lincoln University and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, builds capacity and broadens horizons for municipal innovators.

Join the International Land Conservation Network on Wednesday at 11 a.m. for a webinar featuring the Center for Large Landscape Conservation’s new report, "Integrating Wildlife Habitat Connectivity into Local Government Planning: Examples, Recommendations, and Resources for U.S. Towns and Counties."

O Consórcio para Planejamento por Cenários do Lincoln Institute está com inscrições abertas para Futuros Urbanos, uma nova iniciativa que tem por objetivo fortalecer o diálogo orientado ao futuro na América Latina e no Caribe.

🇲🇽 Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) in México: 3 workshops, 3 cities, 3 unique realities

A new @landpolicy.bsky.social report analyzed 500 urban counties where data was the most robust, and found that 8.9% of residential parcels are owned by corporations. It also identifies 25 county hot spots that have the highest rates of corporate ownership. www.lincolninst.edu/publications...

Join the International Land Conservation Network for a webinar on Dec. 17 featuring several of our staff members, who will discuss our new report 'Integrating Wildlife Habitat Connectivity into Local Government Planning.' Register here: lincolninst.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @landpolicy.bsky.social

We're excited that our new “Who Owns America” report mapping corporate ownership of residential land has been covered in a variety of great publications, including @theatlantic.com and @usatoday.com! Read the report: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

A superb two days of presentations and conversations.

Thank you for a fantastic forum!

This was a fantastic two days of deep dives with politicians, researchers, and innovative city leaders. And, of course, a hang with journalists who cover the same things -- the climate, affordable housing and government finance. Thanks to Lincoln and Harvard for hosting.

Reminder: we're hosting a webinar Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET to unveil the Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network’s latest “Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark Report.”

🗞️ We're excited that our 2025 Journalists Forum kicked off this morning! For ~30 years, we've brought writers, reporters, and editors to Cambridge to learn from cutting-edge researchers and practitioners—inside and outside the Lincoln Institute—and network with fellow journalists.

Our 2026 Fundamentals of Municipal Finance Credential, happening virtually May 11–14, 2026, aims to help professionals with a basic to intermediate knowledge of how municipal finance works in the United States better understand the field.

Our new Policy Download describes key features of states’ property tax rate limits, levy limits, assessment limits, revenue and expenditure limits, and Truth in Taxation policies across the US.

El Consorcio para la Planificación de Escenarios del Instituto Lincoln está aceptando postulaciones para Futuros Urbanos, una nueva iniciativa destinada a fortalecer el diálogo orientado hacia el futuro en América Latina y el Caribe.

Join the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) to celebrate the winner of the 2025 Conservation Innovation Award, Fundación Tierra Austral (FTA), in a virtual award ceremony on Thursday, December 11 at 9 AM ET.

“Without inclusionary rules, the private market is just going to develop stuff that is most lucrative for the market itself, but isn’t necessarily what we need to accommodate our families, our economies, the local population” – Lincoln Institute President and CEO George McCarthy.

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is delighted to announce the creation of a new Advisory Council for its Latin America and the Caribbean program. The council, made up of seven professionals with close ties to Lincoln, will help lead our work in Latin America.

Join Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) for a special webinar series focused on their human-centered approach to leadership, one that emphasizes practical, real-world skills designed to create meaningful impact.

The Lincoln Institute's Land and Water team partnered with The Centre for Land Conservation to host the "Engaging Producers in the Future of Prairie Grasslands" workshop in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, a few weeks ago.

Organizado por el Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo y el Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM, este programa ha formado a más de 220 egresados que hoy integran una red activa de colaboración, innovación y referencia en políticas de suelo. go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Our books' distributor, @columbiaup.bsky.social, is running a #CyberMonday sale until 11:59 ET tonight! Save 50% on all books and 70% on select books. Discounts are automatically applied at checkout: cup.columbia.edu/cyber-monday/

The Lincoln Institute will host a webinar on December 9 at 12 p.m. ET to unveil the Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network’s latest “Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark Report.”

O Lincoln Institute está organizando um webinar para lançar Futuros Urbanos, uma nova iniciativa que reunirá profissionais e pesquisadores da América Latina e do Caribe para identificar tendências emergentes e antecipar transformações na região.

Regularização Fundiária na América Latina encontra avanços mas também desafios compartilhados que precisamos debater e articular nas nossas lutas e políticas, urbanas e climáticas. Este é o objetivo do curso anual com inscrições abertas para 2026.

This fall, the Lincoln Institute won a tender issued by the German development agency (@giz.de) to lead an 18-month initiative to support Rwanda's application of land value capture tools nationally.

At 3 p.m. ET today, Associate Director of Tax Policy Adam Langley will be sharing his expertise on property tax relief in a @csgovts.bsky.social Legislative Conference Fiscal Affairs Forum. Register: csg-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Last month, the Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy co-hosted and co-facilitated a Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop in Patagonia, Arizona.

NEW: Nearly 10 percent of residential land across the country is now owned by corporations, a just-published Lincoln Institute and Center for Geospatial Solutions report finds.

In a recent Land Lines article, Policy Analyst Daniel Janzow recaps September's Innovations in Manufactured Housing (I’m HOME) Network conference and assesses the value proposition and policy landscape of manufacturing housing. Read the piece: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Participe do curso “Solo urbano e justiça espacial: políticas e instrumentos de financiamento do desenvolvimento urbano”, um ciclo de quatro módulos on-line sobre gestão urbana e financiamento do desenvolvimento das cidades, com um seminário presencial opcional em Curitiba (16 e 17 de abril).

NEW: The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for case studies that document the implementation of land value capture (LVC) instruments that advance climate adaptation or disaster risk management globally.

Lincoln Vibrant Communities Accelerating Community Impact Cohort Fellow Seth Knudsen recently published an opinion piece about how public-private collaborations can strengthen New Orleans' downtown in @nolanews.bsky.social: www.nola.com/opinions/gue...

Building on insights from the 2025 Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Annual Conference in Atlanta, a follow-up webinar on Thursday, November 20, at 11 am ET will revisit several of the conference’s most talked-about sessions.

We've run our Scenario Planning for Urban Futures course with Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education for years, and we're excited to do it again in May! Apply ⬇️

Reminder: We're looking for community-based partners in Latin America or the Caribbean to cohost an exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshop on water resilience in 2026.

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..."