Policy Tag: California
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…
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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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Four Tools for Stimulating Economic Recovery Through New Homebuilding
Authored in collaboration with Sarah Karlinsky, SPUR High housing prices threaten California’s future. Today, over three million California renters spend…
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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.
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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…
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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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Built-Out Cities? How California Cities Restrict Housing Production through Prohibition and Process
By Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens, and Michael Manville, UCLA This paper is part of a working paper series that utilizes…
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Residential Land Use Regulation and the Spatial Mismatch Between Housing and Employment Opportunities in California Cities
by Noah Durst, Michigan State University This paper is part of a working paper series that utilizes the Terner Center California Residential…
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Key Remaining Questions Following New Amendments to SB 50
Senate Bill 50—San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener’s high-profile effort to reform local zoning in transit- and job-rich areas—is back for…
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Land Use in California
Made possible by funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at…
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