Who truly owns the value of our land, and who pays for its degradation?
Last night on Telemundo Puerto Rico Rayos X, David discussed the unresolved environmental liabilities and entrenched poverty surrounding the world's once-largest petrochemical complex.
Land Value Tax Explained: Why This 150-Year-Old Idea Is Reshaping Housing & Inequality.
Our Executive Director Josie Faass explains Land Value Tax (LVT)—a powerful, often misunderstood policy idea rooted in the work of 19th-century economist Henry George.
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Calling researchers, public policy advocates, and big thinkers!
Applications are now being accepted for PPI’s 2026 Progress of Ideas Grants. Two research areas are being considered.
Learn more below!
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The Spring 2026 Henry George Series event will take place on February 5 (Thursday) at 1:50PM in Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University (at the Munson Hall).
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The application deadline for PPI’s Progress of Ideas Scholarship is tomorrow, January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM CT.
Learn more and apply today!
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The application deadline for the Progress of Ideas Scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year is approaching.
Learn more and apply today!
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Event Alert: How can property taxes strengthen communities?
Representation Through Taxation
🗓 Jan 12 | 6:30 PM | Hood College
Join Greg Miller & Josie Faass, Ph.D. for innovative ideas on community-created value. Free & open to all!
For more info: eager@hood.edu
In this time of tariffs, housing unaffordability, and climate change, we need Henry George’s wisdom now more than ever.
This Giving Tuesday, support the Progress and Poverty Institute’s work to bring about economic equity through Land Value Taxes and other policies.
La Playa didn’t wait for markets or the government.
Residents built their own public goods, showing why Georgist approaches to public finance matter today.
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The application period for the Progress of Ideas Scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year is now open.
Learn more and apply today!
progressandpovertyinstitute.org/scholarships/
PPI’s Russell Richie traces striking similarities between Mamdani’s movement and Henry George’s 1886 mayoral
run, and asks whether land value tax could finally resolve NYC’s enduring housing paradox.
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California’s Prop 13 was meant to help homeowners. It's the opposite.
New research supported by the Progress & Poverty Institute’s Progress of Ideas grant program shows that Prop 13 has deepened inequality and made housing less affordable across Los Angeles County.
Join us on October 24th, in partnership with The Henry George Foundation of Canada.
Celebrate the centenary and the near centenary of the two oldest and indefatigable organizations in North America dedicated to the philosophy and economics of Henry George, author of Progress and Poverty (1879).
The event is free and open to the public. Dr. Easterly is the author of three books, and his fourth book, “Violent Saviors: The West’s Conquest of the Rest,” will be released on Nov. 4.
On October 21, 2025, the University of Scranton will convene its 39th annual Fall Henry George Lecture. The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. William Easterly, professor of economics and co-director of the Development Research Institute at New York University.
We’re thrilled to share that the Progress and Poverty Institute is now an official partner of YIMBY Action!
Both organizations share a deep commitment to building thriving, affordable, and inclusive communities — and now we’re joining forces to make that vision a reality.
Our Executive Director, Dr. Josie Faass, joined a packed panel on how Land Value Taxation (LVT) can reshape communities by driving reinvestment, infill, and adaptive reuse, and the timing couldn’t be better.
Big ideas were on the table at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Progress and Poverty Institute was right in the middle of the conversation!
Join us on October 24th, in partnership with The Henry George Foundation of Canada.
Celebrate the centenary and the near centenary of the two oldest and indefatigable organizations in North America dedicated to the philosophy and economics of Henry George, author of Progress and Poverty (1879).
YIMBYs are winning on housing, and Georgists should be taking notes.
What can we learn from YIMBY's success at turning policy dreams into political wins?
Read Russell Richie's new piece reflecting on YIMBYtown 2025 and how we can bring land value tax into the next wave of housing reform.
New video drop: LVT Landscape Live!
Learn how to follow this roadmap for LVT advocacy:
- Current legal landscape for LVT policy
- Data modelling & storytelling
- Candidates with LVT on their platforms
#LandValueTax #TaxJustice #LVT #PropertyTax
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Join us on October 24th, in partnership with The Henry George Foundation of Canada.
Celebrate the centenary and the near centenary of the two oldest and indefatigable organizations in North America dedicated to the philosophy and economics of Henry George, author of Progress and Poverty (1879).
In partnership with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, we are pleased to announce another one of our 2025 Progress of Ideas scholarship award recipients!
Jake T. Papa, Master’s in Environmental Policy.
New PPI-supported research shows how water rights in Phoenix are shaping development decisions—with lessons for cities everywhere.
Phoenix is on the frontlines of a dilemma facing communities nationwide: How do we balance growth & affordable housing with the very real limits of water in a changing climate?
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In partnership with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, we are pleased to announce one of our 2025 Progress of Ideas scholarship award recipients!
Alexander Koskoski, Master’s in Public Policy.
Watch our interview and explore his article and research report to see how these shadow institutions are benefiting a few at the expense of many.
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With support from the Progress and Poverty Institute’s Grant Program, University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar Francesco Ruggieri built the first-ever national dataset of these districts. His research shows how they quietly inflate property tax bills while dodging accountability.
Special purpose districts—tiny taxing entities created by small groups of vocal activists—are used to fund everything from mosquito abatement to capital projects, and they often tax people outside the areas that actually benefit, increasing bills in the process.
