Policy Category: Affordable Housing
Addressing the Housing Needs of Low-Income Households in the Bay Area: The Importance of Public Funding
This policy brief explores how public funding can address the San Francisco Bay Area's housing affordability crisis by increasing the…
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Construction Costs: An Analysis of Prevailing Wages
Since its founding, the Terner Center has conducted research to better understand the factors driving the costs of housing development,…
Affordability for Whom? Introducing an Inclusive Affordability Measure
This paper presents a new approach to measuring housing affordability—one that seeks to provide a better indicator of what counties…
Housing + Climate Policy: Building Equitable Pathways to Sustainability and Affordability
This report looks at the existing research on climate and housing in the U.S in two key areas: how housing…
New Pathways to Create More Deeply Affordable Housing: Early Lessons from HUD’s Faircloth-to-RAD Program
Authors: Ben Metcalf, Managing Director David Garcia, Policy Director Chris Hacnik, Terner Affiliate Public housing in the United States provides…
ADUs for All: Breaking Down Barriers to Racial and Economic Equity in Accessory Dwelling Unit Construction
Authors: Julia Greenberg, Research Manager, Center for Community Innovation Hannah Phalen, Graduate Student Researcher, Terner Center for Housing Innovation…
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…
Struggling to Live in the Communities They Serve: How Housing Affordability Impacts School Employees in California
The combination of stagnant incomes and California’s continually rising housing costs weighs heavily on public school employees across the state.…
The Complexity of Financing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing in the United States
Read the full paper here. Authors: Elizabeth Kneebone and Carolina Reid For additional resources, see The Cost of Building Housing Research…
Crisis, Response, and Recovery: The Federal Government and the Black/White Homeownership Gap
Author: Carolina K. Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Read the full paper. Read a blog from the author, which offers…
