Pro-Housing Designation Programs: How States are Incentivizing Pro-Housing Reform
In recent years, state governments have taken a more active role in encouraging local policy change to increase housing production and affordability. State-level pro-housing designation programs—which incentivize or require localities to proactively plan for and facilitate housing production—can be an important addition to the policy toolbox. In this report, we profile and compare six pro-housing designation programs across the country—in California, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, and Utah. The report highlights states’ varying approaches…
California Housing Laws That Go into Effect in 2025
Earlier this fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed over 60 housing-related bills into law, most of which will become effective…
A Renter’s Tax Credit: Improving Affordability through the Tax Code
Author: Carolina Reid One of the first papers we published at the Terner Center, in November 2016, was an analysis…
Getting Vouchers to Households in Need: Learning from Hawaii’s Lease-in-Place Preference
Author: Christi Economy Introduction The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is one of the country’s most powerful tools for keeping…
How much can new housing contribute to state climate action?
Author: Zack Subin Because solutions to the climate crisis are both urgent and unprecedented in scale, climate policy researchers routinely…
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