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Policy Tag: Racial and Economic Equity

Struggling to Live in the Communities They Serve: How Housing Affordability Impacts School Employees in California

The combination of stagnant incomes and California’s continually rising housing costs weighs heavily on public school employees across the state.…

Communities and Regions

Evaluating California’s Changing Demographics in Light of New 2020 Census Data Methods

The decennial Census, the one moment every 10 years that we get an updated picture of everyone who lives in…

Communities and Regions

On the Edge of Homelessness: The Vulnerability of Extremely Low-Income Households in the Bay Area

This paper presents data on the demographic, housing, and labor market characteristics of ELI households in the 9-county Bay Area…

Homelessness

Paying the Rent in a Pandemic: Recent Trends in Rent Payments Among Affordable Housing Tenants in California

  Read the full paper "Paying the Rent in a Pandemic" here.   Authors: Elizabeth Kneebone, Research Director Quinn Underriner,…

Rental Housing

Community Land Trusts and MH Advantage® – A New Approach to Affordable Homeownership

As part of our commitment to the education and professional development of UC Berkeley students, the Terner Center highlights exceptional…

Rendering of comparable home
Homeownership

Addressing Housing’s Critical Role as Infrastructure

Most Americans are painfully aware that the country’s physical assets—its infrastructure—are in bad shape and need new investments. The potential…

Communities and Regions

Crisis, Response, and Recovery: The Federal Government and the Black/White Homeownership Gap

  Author: Carolina K. Reid, Faculty Research Advisor Read the full paper. Read a blog from the author, which offers…

Homeownership

Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States

Read the full framework brief here. Read the executive summary here.

Communities and Regions

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…

Regulations and Land Use

Reaching California’s ADU Potential: Progress to Date and the Need for ADU Finance

Authors: Karen Chapple, Faculty Director, Center for Community Innovation David Garcia, Policy Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation Eric Valchuis,…

Accessory Dwellings
Regulations and Land Use