Mark Your Calendars: N4MN is Co-Hosting a Panel Discussion on Land Value Tax
Location: Virtual
Co-hosted by: Sierra Club, Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN), Sustain St. Paul, Common Ground USA - MN Chapter, Our Streets, Move Minnesota, Bike MN, Sustainable Developer Collaborative
Date: Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:30pm - 7:45pm (CST)
In 2024 the Minnesota legislature came closer than ever to legalizing Land Value Tax (LVT). LVT shifts property tax incentives towards development and away from speculation. It can help transform our communities with new, sustainable housing and development.
Join LVT experts from across the nation to learn more about land value tax, its benefits and the barriers to its legalization.
Land Value Tax (LVT) is illegal in Minnesota. But it is a valuable property tax tool that, if legalized, towns and cities across the state could use if they choose. LVT disincentivizes damaging land speculation, addresses problematic vacant or underutilized land, and can help transform communities with new, sustainable housing and development.
Join LVT experts from across the nation (Adriana Rizzoli, Josie Faass, Jamal Thomas, and Nick Allen) for an exclusive panel discussion on land use reform and how it can help transform the way our communities grow.
Meet the panelists:
Nick Allen Nick is a PhD candidate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. His work asks how the institutions governing land shape urban development and constrain local politics. He considers planning dilemmas by drawing from comparative political economy, institutional economics, and public finance. Previously, Nick was an economic development official in Detroit and conducted research on urban transitions in South and Southeast Asia.
Josie Faas is the executive director of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, and co-director of the Center for Property Tax Reform, an independent research center focused on issues of equity and transparency in taxation.
Adriana Rizzo is a graduate student at UC Riverside and member of Common Ground California and Californians for Electric Rail)
Jamal Thomas is a member of California Common Ground. His research around Georgism and Land Value Tax led him to writing “Privatize the Methods, Publicize the Profits.” He won first place in the 2024 Henry George School of Social Science's Writing Contest (for University Students).
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