Beyond the report: eight broader lessons from investigating Baltimore’s assessments
https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/beyond-the-report-eight-broader-lessons
Published: August 27, 2025 12:06
The importance of land banks, how should we value commercial land, and more takeaways from months in the weeds on Baltimore's assessments
The Landscape #4: Wins aren’t always legislative, though legislative wins are on the horizon
https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/the-landscape-4-wins-arent-always
Published: August 20, 2025 17:23
Maryland assessors will fix chronic undervaluation of land; jurisdictions consider land value taxes. Who will be the first mover?
OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source mass appraisal library
https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit-a-free-and-open-source
Published: August 13, 2025 18:54
Today we are launching OpenAVMKit, a new free and open source library for real estate mass appraisal.
How Baltimore Assessments Accidentally Subsidize Blight—And How We Can Fix It
https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/how-baltimore-assessments-accidentally
Published: August 6, 2025 12:31
Baltimore systematically undervalues vacant lots by as much as half a billion dollars, a new Center for Land Economics report finds.
The curious case of Qingdao, China's land value tax
https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-qingdao-chinas
Published: July 31, 2025 16:30
What we can learn from a German colony's LVT experiment