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Reminder: we're hosting a webinar Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET to unveil the Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network’s latest “Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark Report.”
Manufactured home with front yard, driveway and sidewalk.
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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We were lucky to have Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of @un-habitat.bsky.social (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)—and former Lincoln Institute colleague—Anacláudia Rossbach give today's keynote address.
A large wall-mounted screen shows Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, delivering a virtual keynote address for the 2025 Lincoln Institute Journalists Forum. She appears mid-gesture with one hand raised, wearing glasses and a patterned red and yellow jacket, speaking against a bright blue UN-Habitat background with the UN and UN-Habitat logos and the slogan “For a Better Urban Future.” A small “REC” icon and her name label are visible on the video interface.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Our 2026 Fundamentals of Municipal Finance Credential, happening virtually May 11–14, 2026, aims to help professionals with a basic to intermediate knowledge of how municipal finance works in the United States better understand the field.
Scenic panoramic aerial view from Manhattan Downtown toward Midtown, includes the major skyscrapers: Manhattan Municipal Building, Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, Federal Office Building, and more. New York City, USA.
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Our new Policy Download describes key features of states’ property tax rate limits, levy limits, assessment limits, revenue and expenditure limits, and Truth in Taxation policies across the US.
Cover image for a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy “Policy Download” publication. At top, a dark gray banner shows the Lincoln Institute logo and name on the left and the words “POLICY DOWNLOAD” on the right. Below is a sunny streetscape with a row of well-kept suburban houses, including a prominent red three-story home with a front porch, surrounded by green lawns, shrubs, and trees. The bottom white section reads: “Understanding State Property Tax Limits” and, beneath in smaller text, “By Adam H. Langley, Bethany Paquin, and Yonhui Um.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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El Consorcio para la Planificación de Escenarios del Instituto Lincoln está aceptando postulaciones para Futuros Urbanos, una nueva iniciativa destinada a fortalecer el diálogo orientado hacia el futuro en América Latina y el Caribe.
Square of Sé, São Paulo
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Join the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) to celebrate the winner of the 2025 Conservation Innovation Award, Fundación Tierra Austral (FTA), in a virtual award ceremony on Thursday, December 11 at 9 AM ET.
A large group of about two dozen people from Fundación Tierra Austral and partners pose for a group photo outdoors in front of dense green trees. Some are standing in a row and others are kneeling or sitting on the ground, dressed in casual outdoor clothing, jackets, hats, and hiking shoes, with name tags visible on their chests. The setting looks like a natural area or conservation site in Chile, reflecting their collaboration on private and civic land conservation and new legal frameworks to help landowners protect high-ecological-value landscapes.
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“Without inclusionary rules, the private market is just going to develop stuff that is most lucrative for the market itself, but isn’t necessarily what we need to accommodate our families, our economies, the local population” – Lincoln Institute President and CEO George McCarthy.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is delighted to announce the creation of a new Advisory Council for its Latin America and the Caribbean program. The council, made up of seven professionals with close ties to Lincoln, will help lead our work in Latin America.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Join Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) for a special webinar series focused on their human-centered approach to leadership, one that emphasizes practical, real-world skills designed to create meaningful impact.
Promotional graphic for a webinar hosted by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Claremont Lincoln University. The top half shows the two organizations’ logos above a photo of two people smiling and talking in what appears to be a classroom or professional setting. Overlaid text reads “Webinar” beside a play icon. Below, large white text says “Empower Your Next Move: Unlock Career Growth Through Values-Aligned Degrees.” Event times are listed as Wednesday, December 10 at 12:00 p.m. PST and Thursday, December 11 at 9:30 a.m. PST. A section in yellow and white text reads, “Learn about: What makes CLU’s values-driven approach unique. How affordability and access are central to our mission. How to qualify for the 50% scholarship opportunity.” A green “Register” button and a QR code appear in the bottom right corner.
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The Lincoln Institute's Land and Water team partnered with The Centre for Land Conservation to host the "Engaging Producers in the Future of Prairie Grasslands" workshop in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, a few weeks ago.
A small group of producers sit around a rectangular table in a windowless conference room during the “Engaging Producers in the Future of Prairie Grasslands” workshop in Brandon, Manitoba. Most participants wear jeans, plaid shirts, and cowboy hats, emphasizing their ranching and farming background. A woman at the front of the room stands beside a flip chart and speaks to the group, with a large blank TV screen and a poster for the Lincoln Institute’s Land and Water work behind her. Papers, markers, and drinks are spread across the table as participants listen and discuss challenges and opportunities for prairie grassland management and conservation.
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Organizado por el Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo y el Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM, este programa ha formado a más de 220 egresados que hoy integran una red activa de colaboración, innovación y referencia en políticas de suelo. go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...
Cartel vertical de difusión académica con fondo blanco. En la parte superior aparecen los logotipos de la UNAM, 95 años del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales y Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Texto principal: “Diplomado en Estudios socio-jurídicos del suelo urbano. Convocatoria 2026 – en línea – 9na edición”. Debajo, una ilustración tipo boceto de una ciudad con rascacielos grises y manchas de acuarela azul y verde. En el tercio inferior se lee: “Objetivo: fortalecer habilidades en el diseño de políticas públicas urbanas y en la toma de decisiones vinculadas al suelo urbano. Fechas: del 22 de enero al 22 de mayo de 2026. 121 horas en tres módulos: Derecho urbanístico; Desafíos para alcanzar ciudades justas: la equidistribución, la vivienda social y el cambio climático; y La ciudad y su financiamiento. Más abajo se muestran enlaces web para la convocatoria y formulario, correo diplomado.suelourbano@gmail.com y aviso: fecha límite 5 de enero de 2026.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Our books' distributor, @columbiaup.bsky.social, is running a #CyberMonday sale until 11:59 ET tonight! Save 50% on all books and 70% on select books. Discounts are automatically applied at checkout: cup.columbia.edu/cyber-monday/
“Wide Cyber Monday sale banner with a pale blue background and white snowflakes. Large red text reads ‘CYBER MONDAY Sale.’ Smaller red text below says ‘70% OFF select books’ and ‘All others 50% OFF.’”
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The Lincoln Institute will host a webinar on December 9 at 12 p.m. ET to unveil the Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network’s latest “Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark Report.”
Manufactured home with front yard, driveway and sidewalk.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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O Lincoln Institute está organizando um webinar para lançar Futuros Urbanos, uma nova iniciativa que reunirá profissionais e pesquisadores da América Latina e do Caribe para identificar tendências emergentes e antecipar transformações na região.
Square of Sé, São Paulo
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Regularização Fundiária na América Latina encontra avanços mas também desafios compartilhados que precisamos debater e articular nas nossas lutas e políticas, urbanas e climáticas. Este é o objetivo do curso anual com inscrições abertas para 2026.
Cartaz digital retangular em fundo vermelho escuro com faixas brancas horizontais. No topo, em letras brancas grandes: “DIREITO À CIDADE” e abaixo “derecho a la ciudad”. Ao centro: “por justicia climática JUSTIÇA CLIMÁTICA”. Na parte inferior, dois parágrafos em português e espanhol sobre avanços e desafios da regularização fundiária na América Latina, separados por um QR code. Na base, fileira de logotipos em branco: Escola da Cidade, União Nacional por Moradia Popular, Mulheres em Luta, Red Mujer y Hábitat América Latina y Caribe e Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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This fall, the Lincoln Institute won a tender issued by the German development agency (@giz.de) to lead an 18-month initiative to support Rwanda's application of land value capture tools nationally.
View of Kigali, Rwanda, business district with offices, towers and residential homes.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The dialogue sparked new ideas and collaboration opportunities as participants explored possible future scenarios and charted pathways toward shared ideal futures for groundwater resilience.

Photos by @fkearns.bsky.social – Arizona State University
In a community hall in Patagonia, Arizona, six panelists sit on stools in front of a large white screen and red stage curtains during the Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop. The panel includes three men and three women, one wearing a cowboy hat, speaking from their perspectives as local leaders and water users in the Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin area. In the foreground, participants sit at round tables covered with blue tablecloths, name tents, notes, and water bottles as they listen. A colorful papel picado-style banner decorates the front of the stage, and a small projector and podium sit between the audience and the panel, emphasizing a collaborative conversation about future scenarios and shared ideal futures for groundwater resilience.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Babbitt Center team members Kristen Keener Busby and Leah Schneider helped facilitate and document discussions alongside our partners – grounded in the local knowledge, leadership, and commitment to sustainable growth and rural water stewardship in the Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin area.
At a table during the Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop in Patagonia, Arizona, Babbitt Center team member Kristen Keener Busby leans over to listen and take notes as she talks with two older local participants, one in a plaid shirt and baseball cap and the other in a dark button-down shirt with glasses and a goatee. The table is covered with colorful sticky notes, markers, water bottles, and name tents, reflecting small-group discussions grounded in community knowledge and collaborative planning for groundwater resilience in the Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin area.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Last month, the Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy co-hosted and co-facilitated a Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop in Patagonia, Arizona.
In a bright meeting room in Patagonia, Arizona, six adults sit and stand around a table covered with laptops, markers, and clusters of blue and purple sticky notes as they talk through ideas. A woman wearing a green shirt and name badge stands at the front of the group, holding a marker and listening, while four participants seated around the table type on laptops and review notes, and another listens with arms folded. A large flip chart beside them is headed “Solutions: How to move from Status Quo to Ideal Future” with bullet points about youth leadership, hands-on learning, and future-focused community needs, reflecting small-group discussions during the Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop co-hosted by the Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy and partners to imagine shared ideal futures for groundwater resilience in the Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin area.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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NEW: Nearly 10 percent of residential land across the country is now owned by corporations, a just-published Lincoln Institute and Center for Geospatial Solutions report finds.
Cover graphic for a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report titled “Who Owns America: Mapping Corporate Ownership of Residential Land.” The background shows a row of attached three-story brick and stone rowhouses, some painted red and others a light beige, with small stoops, metal railings, and leafless young street trees along a quiet sidewalk. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy logo appears in the bottom left corner.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Participe do curso “Solo urbano e justiça espacial: políticas e instrumentos de financiamento do desenvolvimento urbano”, um ciclo de quatro módulos on-line sobre gestão urbana e financiamento do desenvolvimento das cidades, com um seminário presencial opcional em Curitiba (16 e 17 de abril).
Curitiba cityscape
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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NEW: The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for case studies that document the implementation of land value capture (LVC) instruments that advance climate adaptation or disaster risk management globally.
Destroyed house on ocean shore. Hurricane Milton consequences in Manasota Key, Florida
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Building on insights from the 2025 Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Annual Conference in Atlanta, a follow-up webinar on Thursday, November 20, at 11 am ET will revisit several of the conference’s most talked-about sessions.
A group of nine adults stand smiling outdoors in front of a large white backdrop with the circular “I’m HOME at Scale” logo. The backdrop is set up in a courtyard area with trees, a small model home, and mid-rise apartment buildings in the background. The group stands closely together behind a table covered with a gray tablecloth. From left to right: a woman in a pink dress with a white cardigan; a person in a white shirt and plaid skirt; a woman with short blond hair wearing glasses, a white shirt, and a light scarf; a woman in a pink blouse with a conference badge; a woman with long curly dark hair wearing a mustard-yellow top; a woman in a black patterned top and teal skirt; a man with a beard wearing glasses and a light blue shirt; and a man in a light blue shirt with rolled sleeves and conference lanyard. The photo is taken during the I’m HOME conference in Atlanta in September 2025, at an outdoor evening networking event related to the manufactured housing initiative.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Reminder: We're looking for community-based partners in Latin America or the Caribbean to cohost an exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshop on water resilience in 2026.
A person in a red shirt and blue hat rides a motorcycle down a dirt road flanked by tall, green sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic. Another person on a bicycle is visible in the distance under an overcast sky.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will be participating in the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 47th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 13–15 in Seattle, Washington.
Seattle skyline
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM