Policy Tag: Construction Costs
The Cost to Build New Housing Keeps Rising: State Legislation Aiming to Reverse the Upwards Trend
The constraints on housing supply are a significant contributor to the current housing crisis. The median price for a home…

Scaling Up Off-Site Construction in Southern California
Author: Tyler Pullen, Graduate Student Researcher Advised by: Elizabeth Kneebone, Research Director Carol Galante, Founder and Adviser Read…

Addressing Homelessness Through Hotel Conversions
Read the full report here. Authors: Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Shazia Manji, Research Assistant Hayden Rosenberg, Graduate…

Strip Malls to Homes: An Analysis of Commercial to Residential Conversions in California
Read the full paper here. Authors: Dr. Issi Romem, Terner Center Affiliate and Founder, MetroSight David Garcia, Policy Director,…

Adaptive Reuse Challenges and Opportunities in California
Read the full report here. Authors: David Garcia, Policy Director Elliot Kwon, Graduate Student Researcher

Off-Site Construction in Los Angeles County
Read the full paper here. Author: Tyler Pullen, Graduate Student Researcher Advisors: Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Elizabeth Kneebone, Research…

The Complexity of Financing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing in the United States
Read the full paper here. Authors: Elizabeth Kneebone and Carolina Reid For additional resources, see The Cost of Building Housing Research…

How AB 1401 May Impact Residential Parking Requirements
As California grapples with a continued housing crisis, policymakers are turning their attention to the high cost to produce new…

Will Housing Finally Break Through in 2021? A California Legislative Preview
Now that the deadline for introducing new bills for this year’s California legislative session has passed, we have a clearer…

Strategies to Lower Cost and Speed Housing Production: A Case Study of San Francisco’s 833 Bryant Street Project
Author: Nathaniel Decker, Post-Doctoral Scholar Read the full analysis here.
