Policy Category: Cost of Building
Making Missing Middle Pencil: The Math Behind Small-Scale Housing Development
This brief examines the financial feasibility of building missing middle housing, such as duplexes, fourplexes, and ten-unit buildings, in California.…
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Making It Pencil: the Math Behind Housing Development – 2023 Update
This brief explains the basics of how developers build new housing in California, aiming to serve as a resource for…
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Knowledge Exchange Rates: Industrialized Construction in the United Kingdom
In early December, the Terner Center joined the U.S. delegation of individuals working in academia, government, and the built environment…
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The Cost to Build New Housing Keeps Rising: State Legislation Aiming to Reverse the Upwards Trend
Authors: Muhammad Alameldin, David Garcia The constraints on housing supply are a significant contributor to the current housing crisis. The…
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Scaling Up Off-Site Construction in Southern California
Author: Tyler Pullen, Graduate Student Researcher Advised by: Elizabeth Kneebone, Research Director Carol Galante, Founder and Adviser Read…
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Off-Site Construction in Los Angeles County
Read the full paper here. Author: Tyler Pullen, Graduate Student Researcher Advisors: Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Elizabeth Kneebone, Research…
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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…
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Strategies to Lower Cost and Speed Housing Production: A Case Study of San Francisco’s 833 Bryant Street Project
Author: Nathaniel Decker, Post-Doctoral Scholar Read the full analysis here.
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Improving Impact Fees in California: Rethinking the Nexus Studies Requirement
Read the full policy brief here.
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Revisiting California’s Density Bonus Law: Analysis of SB 1085 and AB 2345
Author: David Garcia, Policy Director Read the full paper here.
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