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Terner Blog: No Limits

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 evaluate ambitious scenarios for climate action—well before figuring out how to make…
Commentary and Analysis

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 of the costs and benefits of a federal renter’s tax credit. We…
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Opening the Door to Social Housing in the US: Learning from the Italian Model

Author: Ben Metcalf International models for social housing have gained relevance in the US in recent years.…
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Addressing the Housing Needs of Low-Income Households in the Bay Area: The Importance of Public Funding

Most Bay Area households are affected in some way by the region’s ongoing affordability crisis: housing costs are increasing faster than incomes, nearly half of renters are cost-burdened, and rates of homelessness…
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Construction Defect Liability in California: How Reform Could Increase Affordable Homeownership Opportunities

Condominiums—homes for purchase in multifamily buildings—have long represented a major entry point for more affordable homeownership. However, condominium development has significantly lagged across California over the past several decades. California’s construction defect…
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Making Missing Middle Pencil: The Math Behind Small-Scale Housing Development

In recent years, state and local policymakers have passed legislation aimed at expanding construction of smaller-scale housing types, such as duplexes, fourplexes, and small apartment buildings collectively referred to as “missing middle”…
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