Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
[Continued from Wednesday's Part 3 and the preceding Part 1 and Part 2.] By:David A. Smith In search of principles to govern whether non-profits should pay extra tax-like payments to the cities they inhabit, yesterday’s Part 3 explored two economic-equity approaches, either a discount from full assessment (we pay less because we’re virtuous too) [...]
[Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and Part 1.] By:David A. Smith In yesterday’s Part 2 we discovered that although a city’s claim to increased payments from its non-profit institutions derives initially from need rather than logic, large non-profits become sprawling mega-businesses (Brown’s annual budget is larger than Providence’s) and as their tendrils reach [...]
By:David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] Yesterday’s post introduced the little morality play of rich Brown and poor Providence, with the city asking Brown to pay more, voluntarily, because – well – the city needs the money. But Taveras maintains the university should give more at a time when city [...]
By:David A. Smith When it comes to property taxes to be paid by tax-exempt institutions, what’s the right thing to do? The question continues to heat up as the Great Recession keep wreaking its havoc on the living standards to which far too many of us (including public employees) have become accustomed. [...]
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