ProGov21 Policy Library

Type Letter

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City of Detroit Planning Commission

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Detroit explored a split-rate property tax system as a potential response to high residential tax burdens, widespread tax delinquency and foreclosure, and disincentives for development. These taxes would tax land at a higher rate and improvements at a lower rate, encouraging redevelopment...

2001 District of Columbia Act Amending Municipal Code to Establish a Special Assessment District

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2001

Level City or Town

State(s) District of Columbia

Source Council of the District of Columbia

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

The District of Columbia needed a mechanism to fund the construction of a new Metro-rail station without relying solely on general taxation or stretching citywide finances. This Act created a special assessment district in the area surrounding the planned station. Properties within...

Chicago Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD)

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) Illinois

Source City of Chicago Mayor's Office

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Transportation & Mobility

In Chicago, racial and economic inequity are reinforced by uneven development in transportation systems, since the adoption of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policies, almost 90% of new TOD projects have been concentrated in the North Side, Northwest Side, Downtown, and the West...

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