How Do We Avoid Long-Term Neglect of Land & Buildings While Improving Sustainability and the Green Economy?

[Just Economics - Rybeck]

Dear Friends,

As some of you may recall, I spoke about the role that the traditional
property tax plays in discouraging building maintenance and improvement and
in encouraging real estate speculation. One of our group's proposals was to
remedy this situation by reducing the tax rate applied to building values
while increasing the tax rate applied to land values.

My father, Walter Rybeck, wrote a book about this topic. He will be
speaking about his book, Re-Solving the Economic Puzzle, at Busboys & Poets
(at 5th & K Streets, NW) on Monday, April 2nd at 6:30pm. The book deals
with ethical economic policy and episodes in my father's life that moved his
thinking in this direction. Parallels are also made between the civil
rights movement and the need for fundamental economic reform. Feel free to
come if you are interested.

I will be speaking about this topic at the World Bank on Wednesday, April
11th, from 12:30pm to 2pm. The topic will be "Incentive Taxation:
Integrating Transportation and Land Use for Sustainability and Equity." Let
me know if you are interested in attending because you will need to be
placed on a list to obtain entry at the security desk.

Regards,
Rick Rybeck

Rick Rybeck, Director
Just Economics, LLC
1669 Columbia Rd., NW, Suite 116
Washington, DC 20009-3625
(202) 439-4176
(202) 265-1288 fax
www.justeconomicsllc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: sustainable-dc-b...@googlegroups.com
[mailto:sustainable-dc-b...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Julia Siple
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:00 PM
To: Sustainable DC Built Environment
Subject: Built Env - Vacant Lots - Access is Difficult. How Do We Avoid
Long-Term Neglect of land & bldgs?

This is coming right down to the wire before the meeting, but i did want to
make a comment regarding access to Vacant properties.
As Josef mentioned in his post, locating a vacant plot and negotiating
permission to use the land can be a very challenging process.

Beyond the thinking of the many beneficial things that could be done with
vacant properties, how can we change the pattern of vacant properties just
sitting neglected for decades. This also applies to vacant or neglected
buildings.

[Annita Seckinger]

Hello all,

 Not sure if the group mail is still active, but if so, i need some help. I am part of the Greene Wheaton Team, and we need a speaker for our group to come give a talk about alternative forms of transportation. Anyone from the bike group available? If anyone has ideas, you are welcome to share.This would be the evening of last Tuesday in May.

Thanks tons,
 Annita

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