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Property Tax Exemptions to Facilitate Affordable Housing: Lessons from California

This brief explores increasing the use of property tax exemptions as a way to enable new construction and preserve affordable housing, without relying on oversubscribed, deeper public subsidies such as Low-Income Housing…
Cost of Building

Reducing the Complexity in California’s Affordable Housing Finance System

Authors: Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Tiffany Tran, MPP '25, Graduate Student Researcher Given the critical need to expand the supply of affordable housing in California, policymakers are increasingly looking for ways…
Commentary and Analysis