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Policy Category: Cost of Building

Revisiting California’s Density Bonus Law: Analysis of SB 1085 and AB 2345

Author: David Garcia, Policy Director Read the full paper here.

The Hard Costs of Construction: Recent Trends in Labor and Materials Costs for Apartment Buildings in California

Read the paper here. For additional resources, see The Cost of Building Housing Research Series.

The Costs of Affordable Housing Production: Insights from California’s 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

  Read the paper here. See the Technical Appendix: The Limitations of Regression Analysis here. For more resources, see The Cost…

The Cost of Building Housing Series

The Terner Center for Housing Innovation has launched an in-depth research series that examines the array of costs associated with…

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Making It Pencil: The Math Behind Housing Development

Author: David Garcia, Policy Director Release Date: August 2019 Read the paper here.           Related Work:…

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Residential Impact Fees in California

Author: Hayley Raetz, David Garcia, and Nathaniel Decker Release Date: August 2020 Read the paper here.

Calibrating Policy to Ensure Success – An Analysis of Assembly Bill 1485

The 2019 California legislative session has been a busy one for housing thus far. Dozens of bills have been introduced…

Measuring the Housing Permitting Process in San Francisco

As part of our commitment to the education and professional development of UC Berkeley students, the Terner Center highlights exceptional…

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The Effect of Local Government Policies on Housing Supply

The Effect of Local Government Policies on Housing Supply A Housing Development Dashboard study conducted for the Terner Center for Housing Innovation…

Disruptive Development: Modular Manufacturing in Multifamily Housing

Disruptive Development: Modular Manufacturing in Multifamily Housing A Professional Report submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree…

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