Public land value

Public Land Value Capture: A new model for housing development in Scotland

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: Feburary 2018

This report outlines the case for public land value capture. A process by which councils, not those selling land, can benefit from the increase in land value due to changing use. It can reduce house prices by not passing that uplifted cost on to renters and buyers of the houses built on such land.