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Policy Tag: California

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.

Cost of Building

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…

Cost of Building

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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Cost of Building

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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Regulations and Land Use

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…

Regulations and Land Use

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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Regulations and Land Use

Land Use in California

Made possible by funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at…

Regulations and Land Use

Lessons in Land Use Reform: Best Practices for Successful Upzoning

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Regulations and Land Use

2019 California Housing Legislation Round Up

The 2019 California legislative season recently came to a close, and several promising housing bills have now been signed into…

Regulations and Land Use

Land Use Politics, Housing Costs, and Segregation in California Cities

By Jonathan Rothwell, PhD, Gallup This paper is part of a working paper series that utilizes the Terner Center California Residential Land Use…

Regulations and Land Use