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The Landscape of Middle-Income Housing Affordability in California

Authors:
David Garcia, Policy Director

Shazia Manji, Research Assistant

Quinn Underriner, Data Scientist

Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor

 

Read the full paper here.

 

Image courtesy of Sightline Institute Missing Middle Homes Flickr Library

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