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• Philadelphia Gets Back to LVT?

  Philadelphia, land value tax LVT Written By Joshua Vincent Shifting the Philadelphia property tax from the standard and corrosive one to one that rewards community building and repels speculation in blight…

  August 18, 2024

• The Land Value Tax Shift in Baltimore

  Baltimore: What Next? The Center for the Study of Economics (CSE), the mother organization of UrbanTools, has been actively conducting research and outreach for a new project designed to bring…

  August 15, 2024

• IMF insists on… Land Value Tax? Well, sorta.

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has never had the reputation of being motivated by the common good for our common family. The function of the IMF is disarmingly simple. Rich…

  January 4, 2022

• We’ve had a very busy year. We want to STAY busy!

  December 3, 2019

• Is Parking a Public Good?

  City Parking: Private Sector Cash Cow or Public Good? Even a casual reader of UrbanTools knows that the concept behind land taxation is to encourage free markets and return economic…

  October 17, 2019