Policy Tag: California

Property Tax Exemptions to Facilitate Affordable Housing: Lessons from California
This brief explores increasing the use of property tax exemptions as a way to enable new construction and preserve affordable…

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Reducing the Complexity in California’s Affordable Housing Finance System
Authors: Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Tiffany Tran, Graduate Student Researcher Given the critical need to expand the supply of…

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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…

CALIFORNIA
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 and economically inclusive, opportunity-rich communities, these efforts were intended to facilitate effective local fair housing planning and enacting statewide policies to promote integrated communities. A new Terner Center policy brief highlights key AFFH strategies, noting areas of progress and where additional efforts are needed. It examines California’s successes and challenges since 2016, offering recommendations for other states working toward fair housing goals.

CALIFORNIA
Repurposing Public Land for Housing: An Analysis of California’s United States Postal Service Sites
Authors: Quinn Underriner and Christi Economy Introduction Repurposing public lands for housing development can help to address pervasive housing shortages…

CALIFORNIA
Options for Addressing Rent Burdens Through the Tax Code: Considerations for Designing a Renter’s Tax Credit
The number of cost-burdened renters has hit an all-time high. The issue is particularly acute for low-income households: for…

RENTAL 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…

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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,…

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Construction Defect Liability in California: How Reform Could Increase Affordable Homeownership Opportunities
This policy brief examines one particular challenge facing new condominium development in California: the state’s construction defect liability laws. Construction…

HOMEOWNERSHIP
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.…

CALIFORNIA