Housing Costs

Why Housing Costs More in California Than Colorado or Texas

California faces a severe housing shortage, with seven of America’s ten most expensive metros. While building more housing is critical to address this shortage, building costs in California far exceed those in other western states. In “The High Cost of…

How Urban Housing Shortages Fuel Costly Climate Disasters

How do urban housing shortages caused by tight zoning and other land use regulations increase the risk of climate disaster?  In Relational Geographies of Urban Unsustainability: The Entanglement of California’s Housing Crisis With WUI Growth and Climate Change, Miriam Greenberg,…

Defective Condo Defect Laws: Ripe for Repair?

Since 2011, 97 percent of California’s new multifamily housing has been built for rent, not for ownership. While the state needs to continue to build hundreds of thousands of rentals – more supply will drive down housing costs, and stabilize…