Policy Category: Rental Housing
COVID-19 and California’s Vulnerable Renters
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, another rent day has come and gone. But August 1st marked a new chapter in…

NAHREP and Terner Center Survey Highlights the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Landlords
While the U.S. faces a global pandemic the likes of which we have not seen in more than a century,…

COVID-19: Housing-Focused Needs and Responses
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to slow its spread reshape life in the U.S., the economic impacts are…

A Plan to Keep Renters Housed Through the COVID-19 Recovery
With unemployment resulting from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic soaring and the $484 billion stimulus package passed last week…

Estimating COVID-19’s Near-Term Impact on Renters
As some states edge into week six of social distancing stay-at-home orders, and Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims average 5.5 million a week,…

Curbing Runaway Rents: Assessing the Impact of a Rent Cap in California
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Unpacking the Growth in San Francisco’s Vacancies
As part of our commitment to the education and professional development of UC Berkeley students, the Terner Center highlights exceptional…

Estimating the Impact of an Anti-Gouging Rent Cap in California
Last spring, the Terner Center published a brief on a handful of tenant protection ideas in California titled “Finding Common…

School District Employee Housing in California
As part of our commitment to the education and professional development of UC Berkeley students, the Terner Center highlights exceptional…

Finding Common Ground on Rent Control
This brief proposes two policy ideas aimed at protecting the state's renters and creating more long-term affordability without reducing the…
