A recent article by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo underscores a range of key findings for the Biden Administration’s housing policy efforts. Key takeaways: Affordable housing is central to providing economic opportunity, and the lack of it is…
VIDEO: Let’s build affordable housing for everyone
What do we mean when we say “affordable housing”? For most Californians, it means housing they can afford, based on their salary. And for lower-income Californians, it means subsidized housing that keeps them securely housed in homes that don’t…
Exclusionary Zoning and Exclusionary Schools: Two Sides of Same Coin?
A new paper by Jacob Krimmel at the University of Pennsylvania explores a novel connection between residential zoning and the broader landscape of segregation in the United States: school funding formulae. Key takeaways: When municipal governments in California lost control…
The Zoning Tax: $400,000, House Not Included
A new working paper from Gyourko and Krimmel (2021) analyzes new data on single-family housing construction and land use regulations, and finds that cities with restrictive zoning are in effect charging a “zoning tax”— and in some cases in California,…
Harvard’s State of the Housing Crisis
In a new report on the state of housing in the U.S., the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University finds that inequality and housing insecurity have been exacerbated under the COVID-19 pandemic, and urges government officials to step…
The White House Says YIMBY
It’s official: Juneteenth is now a national holiday. While the historic recognition of the end of Black slavery is worthy of celebration, the White House Council of Economic Advisors isn’t pausing for the festivities: In a powerful review of the…
Leading California Environmental, Climate Groups Endorse AB 1401
Push for Parking Reform Gains Momentum; Groups Site Climate, Air Quality Benefits “AB 1401 will help us meet our climate goals” Today, 10 of California’s leading climate, environmental, and transit equity organizations announced their support for AB 1401, state legislation…
YIMBYs Across California Call on State Legislature to Act on Housing
Four Priority Housing Bills Advance During YIMBY Lobby Week “YIMBYs have a clear message: the time to act on housing is now” Today, grassroots YIMBYs and pro-housing activists from across California wrapped up three days of meetings with state legislators…
How Density Shortens Commute Times in the US and Mexico
A new study by Guerra and Li (2021) compares 100 of the largest urban regions in the United States and Mexico. Their models mapping the transportation choices and socioeconomic trends from a sample size of five million commuters have important…
The High Cost of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
A new study from the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation tackles a thorny question in housing policy: how does the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program actually work to produce low-income housing? And to what extent is…