Value capture, in which the public sector recovers some of the value created by government actions like the construction of a transit line or a rezoning, has recently joined congestion pricing among ...
Is “value capture” a wonderful untapped opportunity to fulfil all our infrastructure dreams? Or is it just a new way to sting the taxpayer? Our new report casts a cold, hard gaze over value capture, ...
I first became acquainted with the idea of value capture when I wrote about energy efficiency and land use, specifically Tax Increment Financing. Homelessness, in my view, is generally not just an ...
The bipartisan infrastructure framework endorsed by President Biden in late June includes a remarkably diverse collection of revenue sources, ranging from boosted IRS enforcement to crackdowns on ...
We all grow up wanting to believe that good deeds get rewarded. If you build something useful that creates genuine value for the world, that should be rewarded. Business, unfortunately, does not ...
With the federal government aiming to kick-start investment in urban infrastructure, pledging A$50 million of public money in the 2016 budget to look at alternative financing mechanisms, attention is ...
Gov. Hochul’s Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project is speeding toward a vote this summer. But on May 9, New York City’s nonpartisan Independent Budget Office confirmed that the ...