Permanent Supportive Housing: Building On What Works To End Chronic Homelessness
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) homelessness counts for 2024 show continued increases across much of the country. In California, an estimated 187,084 people slept in shelters, vehicles, or outside on a given night in 2024—an increase of 5,685 people from 2023. The data highlight the urgency of expanding the supply of affordable housing and addressing the root causes of homelessness. The counts also point to areas of progress. Although overall homelessness has…
Lessons from California’s Statewide Efforts to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
To counter the impacts of decades of discriminatory housing policies and worsening racial segregation, the State of California established a…
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…
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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…
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