Policy Tag: Zoning Reform
Making It Pencil: Can We Get Housing for Middle-Income Households to Work?
Authors: David Garcia, Ben Metcalf For middle-income Californians, the state’s housing supply and affordability challenges have been more acute in…
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…
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…
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…
Residential Housing Is Now Allowed in All Commercial Zones: Are California Cities Ready?
Overview California Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks) was signed into law by Governor Newsom in September 2022 and went into effect…
The Housing Potential for Land Owned by Faith-Based Organizations and Colleges
This paper updates our 2020 report with expanded data on the potential for development on land owned by faith-based organizations…
New Pathways to Encourage Housing Production: A Review of California’s Recent Housing Legislation
In this brief, we interview planners and land use lawyers to gain an early understanding about the extent to which…
Incentivizing Housing Production: State Laws from Across the Country to Encourage or Require Municipal Action
Authors: Shazia Manji, Truman Braslaw, Chae Kim, Elizabeth Kneebone*, Carolina Reid | TERNER CENTER Yonah Freemark | URBAN INSTITUTE This…
California’s HOME Act Turns One: Data and Insights from the First Year of Senate Bill 9
The California HOME Act—otherwise known as Senate Bill (SB) 9—took effect on January 1st, 2022 and makes it possible for…
Religious Tenets & Low-Income Tenants: Lessons Learned from Jordan Court
As part of our commitment to the education and professional development of UC Berkeley students, the Terner Center highlights exceptional…
