Published: 2020 | Soomi Lee | CityScape Abstract This article examines parcel taxes in California counties, cities, and special districts. Unique to California, the parcel tax is commonly known as a lump-sum tax applied to parcels of real property to…
Is inclusionary zoning creating less affordable housing?
Published: 2018 | Emily Hamilton | Strong Towns
Solving the Housing Crisis Is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area
Published: 2018 | Sarah Treuhaft with Jessica Pizarek, Ángel Ross, and Justin Scoggins | Policylink Abstract The twin forces of a housing shortage—particularly affordable housing—and uneven wage growth have converged to create a regional crisis. Between 2011 and 2015, the…
Housing Underproduction in California – Up For Growth
Published: 2019 | Up for Growth Abstract However, this recent imbalance continues a much longer trend in California, where restrictive local development and land-use policies have curtailed housing production for decades. These policies, enacted by local jurisdictions to maintain walkable,…
The Hard Costs of Construction: Recent Trends in Labor and Materials Costs for Apartment Buildings in California
Published: 2020 | Hayley Raetz, Teddy Forscher, Elizabeth Kneebone, Carolina Reid | Terner Center Abstract Against the backdrop of a statewide housing crisis, affordable and marketrate developers have seen increasing development costs, which can hinder the feasibility of new projects…
The Costs of Affordable Housing Production: Insights from California’s 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
Published: 2020 | Carolina Reid | Terner Center Abstract The research shows that hard construction costs—specifically the costs of material and labor—are the primary driver of rising development costs.
Sustainable Communities or the Next Urban Renewal?
Published: 2020 | Moira O’Neill, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Eric Biber | Ecology Law Quarterly Abstract California has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to address climate change. But in California, the sector that produces the largest share of greenhouse gas…
Can More Housing Supply Solve the Affordability Crisis? Evidence from a Neighborhood Choice Model
Published: 2020 | Elliot Anenberg, Edward Kung | Federal Reserve Board Abstract We estimate a neighborhood choice model using 2014 American Community Survey data to investigate the degree to which new housing supply can improve housing affordability. In the model,…
Built-Out-Cities? How California Cities Restrict Housing Production Through Prohibition and Process
Published: 2020 | Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens, and Michael Manville | Terner Center for Housing Innovation Abstract Given high rents and prices in California, housing production is at a relative historic low. Scholarship has connected restrictive land use regulations to…
Recalibrating Local Politics to Increase the Supply of Housing
Published: 2019 | Chris Elmendorf | CATO Institute Abstract State planning mandates and development-rights auctions can bolster pro-housing factions in local government.