LVT News Digest - 10 May 2008
Garden tax succeeds where others fail
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Land value taxation would ensure the community got some return for the
decision to grant planning permission, not just the landowner. ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Garden-tax-succeeds-where-others.4024421.jp>
Abandoned schools to become teacher housing
MyFox Tampa Bay - Tampa,FL,USA
Under the proposal being studied, the school system would place surplus
land in a community land trust, and Downtown Partner****p would build the
housing. ...
<http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6477178&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1>
Plan with real promise for poorer home buyers
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
Politicians on both sides liked the ideas of American economist Henry
George, who argued first that the community should share in (and be able
to
tax) ...
<http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/opinion/opinion/plan-with-real-promise-for-poorer-home-buyers/1236887.html>
ARTICLE: Remembering the rural poor
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Big landlords kept families of landless haris as virtual slaves, forcing
even their children to work for up to ten hours a day. Entire families
were
turned ...
<http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1490010/>
Land reform key to sustainable agri'
Sun.Star - Philippines
.... cosmetic reforms, we doubt that if it will succeed in truly
dismantling
the land monopoly and ending widespread poverty and hunger in the
countryside. ...
<http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/04/28/news/.land.reform.key.to.sustainable.agri..html>
Winelands protesters march for land
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The protesters included members of the Mawubuye Land Rights Forum,
small-scale farmers, the landless and the poor. The protesters chanted
songs demanding ...
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=124&art_id=vn20080429120407286C663899>
Risky Real Estate in China
BusinessWeek - USA
Stricter controls on property speculation and land-hoarding have made it
much harder to ramp up prices ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2008/gb2008051_534468.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_global+business>
Government to consult on affordable housing options
Regenerate Live - London,England,UK
The Community Land Trust model, which guarantees affordable housing
perpetuity by removing the price of land from the cost of housing, are
being increasing ...
<http://www.regeneratelive.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3112704&c=1&encCode=00000000014c05fc>
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