property tax

  • The Impact of Gentrification on Homeowners

    The Impact of Gentrification on Homeowners

    When wealthy new residents move into lower-income neighborhoods, they often renovate homes and open upscale businesses. This drives up property values, property taxes, and rent. This chain of events may force current lower-income residents to move out. Gentrification is a major issue nationwide, and cities are searching for the “magic”…

  • Time for China to Embrace Property Tax?

    Time for China to Embrace Property Tax?

    Chinese local government’s revenue dependence on land granting is no longer sustainable due to exhausted land resources, distorted profit distribution, and rampant sprawl development. Property tax might solve the problem.

  • Municipal CFO Series: Jeff DeWitt, Phoenix

    Municipal CFO Series: Jeff DeWitt, Phoenix

    Phoenix’s CFO discusses taxes, pensions, and buying local