Policy Tag: Housing Finance
Key Advances Toward a One-Stop Shop for Affordable Housing in California
California is on the cusp of a major transformation of its affordable housing delivery system. Beginning July 1, 2026, the…
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Housing Opportunities: Governor’s Reorganization Plan to Create the California Housing and Homelessness Agency
Authors: Doug Shoemaker, Terner Center Affiliate Geeta Rao, Senior Director, Northern California Market, Enterprise Community Partners Co-authors: Sarah Karlinsky, Director…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Unlocking the Potential of Missing Middle Housing
Read the full paper here. Authors: David Garcia, Policy Director Muhammad Alameldin, Policy Associate Ben Metcalf, Managing Director…
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Modeling New Housing Supply in Los Angeles: Simulations from the Terner Housing Policy Dashboard
In this analysis, we use the Terner Housing Policy Dashboard to simulate six policy options that encourage new home building…
REGULATIONS AND LAND USE![Text: Terner Housing Policy Dashboard; Image of parcel map of Los Angeles and Dashboard components such as sliders to adjust policy scenarios & market conditions and analytics showing increasing unit counts and development likelihood (low medium high); Terner Center and Labs logos]()
ADU Construction Financing: Opportunities to Expand Access for Homeowners
Authors: Richard K. Green, Director and Lusk Chair in Real Estate, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Ben Metcalf,…
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The ABCs of JPAs
Authors: Ben Metcalf, Managing Director, Terner Center Sarah Karlinsky, Senior Advisor, SPUR David Garcia, Policy Director, Terner Center Read…
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Biden Administration Steps Forward for Housing Supply
On May 16th, the White House released a plan to address the nation’s critical housing supply shortage. This plan—which included…
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