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Upcoming Event: Rebuilding after Disaster

Wednesday, March 12, 4:30pm | UC Berkeley Faculty Club Join the California Policy Lab, Othering and Belonging Institute, and Terner Center to hear from experts on the housing and equity implications of catastrophic events,…
Events

Rebuilding after the Los Angeles Fires: What California Can Do to Facilitate Recovery

As people in the Los Angeles region undertake the task of rebuilding, the complexity of the effort is heightened by factors that include an existing housing and homelessness crisis pre-disaster; significant local…
Commentary and Analysis

San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed: “Newsom just quietly floated an idea that could help fix California’s housing and fire recovery crises”

Managing Director Ben Metcalf writes in an Op-Ed for the San Francisco Chronicle that while considerable attention has been paid to Governor Newsom’s executive actions to speed up rebuilding in Los Angeles…
Commentary and Analysis
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Past Webinar: States as Laboratories: Early Lessons from Pro-Housing Designation Programs

In recent years, state governments have taken a more active role in encouraging local policy change to increase housing production and affordability. Pro-housing designation programs—which incentivize or require localities to take…
Events

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 number of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) strategies. Designed to foster racially…
Research and Policy
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What We Can Expect on Housing Affordability from President Trump in 2025

Author: Ben Metcalf At President Trump’s election night speech, he highlighted the broadened electoral coalition that propelled him to victory, noting support from Latinos, Asian Americans, youth, and other traditionally Democratic constituencies.…
Commentary and Analysis
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