Hot off the presses from our friends at UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation comes another installment of its “Cost of Building Housing Research” Series. Amid global pandemic and economic crisis, it may be difficult to see why construction…
LIVE Virtual Town Hall on California Housing and COVID-19 Response
State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, California YIMBY, East Bay for Everyone Host Video Event Discussion to Include State Response, Pending Housing Legislation Sacramento, CA – California YIMBY, East Bay for Everyone, and State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks will hold a virtual Town Hall…
2020 California Housing Legislation Highlights
Latest Update: March 17, 2020 In 2019, to tackle the housing crisis, California legislators introduced dozens of housing bills, many of which passed. This year, there are even more bills proposed. Note: there are also additional emergency bills right now…
Governor Newsom, These simple housing reforms will save lives
Last week, Governor Newsom used his executive authority to delay evictions by 60 days. It was a step in the right direction, but there’s more he can — and must — do to protect Californians from COVID-19 and the housing…
Don’t blame density. Blame stupidity: Competent governance can stop coronavirus, not suburban sprawl
As the coronavirus has ravaged countries across the world, many of our leaders have struggled with how to respond to this growing pandemic. Too many of our governments waited too long to acknowledge the scale and speed of the threat,…
It’s a scary time, and we’re taking care of each other
We’ve all been rocked by the novel coronavirus. No matter who you are or where you live, this is a situation that demands solidarity. We must do our best to take care of each other and follow expert advice on…
The Weight of Cities – UN Report on Dense Infill Housing as Climate Solution
The United Nations has long been a strong advocate of the YIMBY policy toolkit as an integral strategy for fighting climate change. A new report from its International Resource Panel (IRP), “The Weight of Cities,” underscores the importance of new…
“I’ve had to move 4 times since we lost our home” — Meet Victoria from Los Angeles
In 2008, my mom was able to scrape enough money together to buy our home in Lincoln Heights so I could be closer to school and my grandma’s house in the neighborhood I grew up in. Two months later, the…
What the Fee? A Closer Look at Impacts
We’re doing a “throwback Thursday” installment of The Homework to highlight some timely research published last year by UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation on housing impact fees. After the 1978 passage of Proposition 13, localities began to rely…
California Cities Have Room to Grow—Faster.
There are two policy questions at the heart of California’s housing crisis: how much new housing do the state’s affluent cities permit to be built, and how does the process of permitting them affect outcomes? So far, it has been…