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Josie Faass

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Josie Faass is the executive director of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, and co-director of the Center for Property Tax Reform, an independent research center focused on issues of equity and transparency in taxation.
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Land Owned by LLCs More Likely to Be Vacant

April 27, 2023 | Josie Faass and Stephen Hoskins

NYC’s land speculators use LLCs to evade legal responsibility while sitting on vacant property.

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How Tax Assessments are Racist

April 28, 2022 | Josie Faass

Between biased property appraisals that undervalue Black-owned properties and biased tax assessments that levy an unfair burden, homeowners of color are flanked by a double-whammy of racism.