Policy Tag: Policy Analysis
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
