Our friends @larsiusprime.bsky.social & Greg Miller at the Center for Land Economics have made another great report showing that a land value tax would be a net winner for the majority of homeowners in Spokane, Washington -- and it'd be progressive! progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/yes-a-land...

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

Contra Watling on "the failure of the land value tax" progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/contra-wat...

How do appraisers value land? We interviewed one to find out! "THOMAS: Correct. Because the cost is worked out in advance of valuing the land, ultimately, once you set your cost schedules, really all we’re valuing is the land." progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/how-apprai...

progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/ubi-advoca... If you want Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Land Value Tax (LVT) to succeed, you must find a place where they are: 1. Economically feasible 2. Technically feasible 3. Politically possible 4. Socially and politically urgent That place is South Korea.

Why are we bulldozing forests while city parking lots sit empty? 🌳🚫 It’s the tax code. By taxing buildings instead of just land, we incentivize sprawl. But a solution from the 1800s is back: Land Value Tax. 📈 The key to affordable housing AND a greener planet?🌎🏙️

It took us 111 episodes, but we finally dedicated a full interview to land value taxes. "The taking by the community, for the use of the community, of that value which is the creation of the community"! Thanks @larsiusprime.bsky.social for joining us! lewis.ucla.edu/2026/04/22/1...

There's a new mass appraisal model in town! pypi.org/project/laye... Designed by John Kossa, data scientist at Lee County, Florida Property Appraiser! It's a tree-based model, designed specifically for real estate, imbued with assessor office instincts, fast, and explainable.

I made a map of surface parking in downtown Bellingham. It's wild how much of our most walkable neighborhood is parking lots: earth.google.com/earth/d/1FDg... (h/t @larsiusprime.bsky.social for the instructions)

Here’s all the parking lots in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These kind of maps are surprisingly simple to make. Here’s how:

Land Value Tax Would Solve This. (h/t @larsiusprime.bsky.social for showing me how to make this)

Many people treat land valuation as this big unsolved problem, but South Korea values all the land in the country, annually, down to the parcel, and gets it all done in five months. Then they post all the values publicly for everyone to see. progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/how-to-val...

This is the city builder I've always wanted and I'm really excited now that I've spoken to the developer. It has the right focus on new urbanist ideas as a response to the SimCity/City Skylines status quo. Still a lot it will have to get right, but looks promising. metrotown.gg

It's pretty remarkable how policy goals of YIMBYism in California went from being a bundle of untouchable "third rail" ideas to being the bipartisan consensus of the gubernatorial field in a span of like 10 years. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Speaking of which, yesterday the Virginia state legislature passed LVT authorization in Charlottesville, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, and Newport News! Now it goes to Governor Spanberger's desk, where she is expected to sign! Which state will be next? :) 🔰🔰🔰🔰 lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

re. BAFTAs and John Davidson's involuntary vocal outburst - Listen to this exceptional young woman on Tourette’s Syndrome 👇

Property taxes going up? One unexpected cause among many is *hospital consolidation* The 340B program incentivizes nonprofits to roll up for-profit hospitals. And when they do, the real estate becomes tax exempt. Who makes up the difference? YOU. www.pricepoints.health/cp/188296406

Happy tenth Birthday, Nikolas Andreas

Are you a researcher with an interest in land value tax? 🔰 Got ideas for fresh ways to study it? 🔬 Check out some funding opportunities in this article! progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/research-f...

I built @parkingreform.org from an idea at a conference in 2019 to an organization with national impact, 5 staff members, and more than 1200 supporters. It’s my full time job and I’d be honored if you supported the work with a donation today. secure.givelively.org/donate/parki...

progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/boom-lvt-c... LVT is going mainstream y'all!

Eliminate Texas' property tax. And replace it with a land value tax? Yes, the @houstonchronicle.com is running Georgist op-eds. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

In which I use the game of Monopoly to explain the American Housing Market. "Imagine you are invited to play a game of Monopoly, only to discover the other players started without you and all the property cards have already been snapped up." progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Congrats to Max and the entire @cayimby.bsky.social team. This a tremendous victory for CA and for all the housing advocates who have tirelessly worked towards passing SB 79 and so many other great housing bills this session. This Texan is calling it: Y'all won 🏆🎉🏘️

We have a LIVE webinar at 2:00 PM central USA time today on LVT momentum in the USA. We'll discuss *active* legislation, emerging interest, and we will have on multiple candidates from around the country running for local office on the LVT issue. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Land valuation is a key question when it comes to implementing Land Value Tax, so today I ask -- what's the simplest method that could even possibly work? Turns out there's one weird trick that can greatly improve existing land valuation methods. progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/valuing-la...

Assistant *to* the regional pig-keeper

The Cook County assessor's office has a cool new tool you can use to look up how your home valuation was determined www.cookcountyassessoril.gov/news/does-lo...

shit i missed this release. okay well if we get georgism in the next few years this specific library is likely how bsky.app/profile/lars...

You can in fact improve things

Kudos.

Especially if you sell it as a "Universal Building Exemption"

this actually looks georgism would win a majority vote in any city in america

Teaser for a new open source project I'm cooking up

I wrote this report!

We just launched OpenAVMKit today! progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit... We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.

I'm now either a boffin or a brainbox. Either way, PC Gamer picked up my analysis of GenAI disclosures on Steam: www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Norway's Godot Community discord is live! discord.gg/ZTQSM35wsd Spread the word to any Norwegian game developers you know! 🇳🇴

The 2025 Godot Community Poll is live! Help us understand our community better and shape the engine's future. Takes just 5-10 minutes: 👉 godotengine.org/article/godo...

Would like some feedback on this thought: For many #gamedev friends who have been laid off, consider applying @ your local property tax appraisal office. Here are my reasonings: 1. There's 11,000+ of these in North America. Probably one in your own backyard. 2. They often have open positions 1/X

I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove. You can play it right now! www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...

I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove. You can play it right now! www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...

Our conversation with @larsiusprime.bsky.social is now up on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6SQ3... We talk about georgism, what is it and why do we need it?

Have you ever wondered why Georgists use the 🔰 mark? It's originally a Japanese symbol, and I think we would do well as a movement to embody its deeper meanings. progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/why-georgi...

Recorded a podcast conversation/interview with @larsiusprime.bsky.social on georgism (in English) yesterday evening, really interesting stuff. Should be available to listen to in a few weeks.

Latest ant story! www.fortressofdoors.com/we-trade-wit... "We 'big speakers' keep projecting our human minds on them, and the 'little speakers' keep projecting their ant mind on us. This is the problem."

@larsiusprime.bsky.social I missed my ferry, but now I have time to reread your book. I was trying to land-pill as many nerds as I could at Princeton reunions last weekend and realized I needed some brushing up on George.

New "We Trade With Ants" chapter: Plague www.fortressofdoors.com/plag/ Something is killing the ants. Jeff and Anastasia bring in professional help to save them, at the risk of exposing the secret of talking ants to the world