Common Ground USA is an all-volunteer organization that promotes land value tax shifts, rent-sharing land trusts, and other commons-based approaches to social, environmental and economic issues.

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Detroit ‘split tax’ plan squeezes through House committee, heads to floor

Lansing — A House panel Wednesday advanced a series of bills that would allow Detroit to adopt different property rates for occupied and vacant property, eking out a slim Democratic majority to propel a key legislative priority of Mayor Mike Duggan.

House Democrats failed to gain the needed support in Tax Policy Committee earlier Wednesday, but were able to flip the vote of a Grand Rapids Democrat later in the day and secure a majority for Duggan’s property tax reform legislation.

Invitation to TrineDay’s Roundtable 23, A BETTER RESET FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND PEACE STARTS BY HONORING THE REAL EARTH DAY (March 19, 2024)

RSVP and join us at TrineDay’s Roundtable 23, A BETTER RESET FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND PEACE STARTS BY HONORING THE REAL EARTH DAY (March 19, 2024)

Earth Day: Equinox Earth Day Endorsement & Event Registration Form for 2024

Form to sign up for and promote the Earth Day spring equinox March 19th, 11:06 pm EST/ New York time, marking the 54th year of this annual event.

Baltimore Sun Publishes Letter to Editor from Baltimore Thrive

Baltimore Thrive, an organization dedicated to affordable housing, job creation and equitable development, endorses The Baltimore Sun’s call for “smart growth” in Baltimore (”Target Baltimore for new home construction and transform the region,” July 20). But, instead of tax breaks, Baltimore Thrive suggests atax shift that would reduce the property tax rate applied to privately-created building values while increasing the return of publicly-created land values.

With Inky Blots and Rotten Parchment: An Explanation of the Land Value Tax

A new book on Land Value Taxation has been published by Ian Hopton from the United Kingdom. Here is a description, review and author’s bio. The book may be purchased on Amazon at: https://tinyurl.com/mpf9rcrr

I believe that in the near future, the issue of taxation will become more widely discussed at all levels of government and this will include the possibility of a land value tax (LVT). At the same time, the majority of ordinary taxpayers, who may be otherwise very well informed, have probably never heard of it.

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS (CSE) AND PUBLIC REVENUE EDUCATION COUNCIL (PREC) will be exhibiting at the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS (NCSL) August 14-16, 2023 in Indianapolis

Please pass the word to your local state legislators and their staffs that the CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS (CSE) AND PUBLIC REVENUE EDUCATION COUNCIL (PREC) will be exhibiting at the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS (NCSL) August 14-16, 2023 in...