Policy Tag: Policy Analysis
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…
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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.…
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What Small Multifamily Rental Property Owners Tell Us About Implementation of Tenant Protection Laws
Author: Shazia Manji, Research Associate Though roughly 35 percent of the US population lives in rental housing, no comprehensive or…
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Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications
Guest author Shane Phillips from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies has authored a paper that uses…
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Stretched to Capacity: The Challenges Facing California’s Homelessness Service Providers
Author: Ryan Finnigan In recent years, nonprofit homelessness organizations in California have substantially increased the breadth and scale of the…
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Making It Pencil: the Math Behind Housing Development – 2023 Update
This brief explains the basics of how developers build new housing in California, aiming to serve as a resource for…
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California’s Prohousing Designation Program: Rewarding City and County Policies that Boost Housing Supply
In this paper, we examine data for 10 early adopters of California's Prohousing Designation Program, and assess whether the policies…
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2023 California Housing Legislative Round Up
On September 14th, the California Legislature wrapped up the first year of a two-year legislative session, with several dozen housing…
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Five Recent Trends in Homelessness in California
This report, the first in a series, describes the number and characteristics of people experiencing homelessness in California and documents…
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Achieving Housing Abundance Near Transit
This demonstrates how U.S. housing and transportation policy encouraged sprawling, car-dependent housing development that has reinforced social and racial…
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