Teardowns: Costs, Benefits, and Public Policy

Land Lines, July 2006

By: Dan McMillen, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

http://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/teardowns
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Housing Supply Planning  |  Residential Infill Development

This article provides a balanced perspective on the pros and cons of teardowns. Although written from the perspective of housing prior to the sub-prime mortgage crisis, it offers considerations for municipal government such as cost and benefit analysis, implications for land values, and policy response options to teardowns.