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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…

California YIMBY Statement on Passage of AB 1401

Bill by Asm. Laura Friedman Eliminates Costly Parking Mandate “Affordable Housing for People, Not Expensive Parking for Cars” Today California YIMBY released the following statement upon the passage of AB 1401 in the State Assembly: “With the passage of AB…

The Limits of Inclusionary Zoning

A new paper by Cassola (2021) examines the costs and consequences of inclusionary zoning policies across the globe. Does requiring a portion of new private, market-rate development to be set aside at limited prices for lower-income households actually improve affordability…

New Market-Rate Housing — It Lowers the Rent

The W.E. Upjohn Institute is back with a paper studying the impacts of new market-rate housing development on local rents in low-income neighborhoods. Long-time readers of this newsletter may recall when we covered the working paper by Asquith, Mast, &…

“I prefer housing that I could afford more than a place to park”

At a regular meeting of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission this week, Santa Rosa Vice Mayor Victoria Fleming offered powerful testimony in support of AB 1401. Watch and share with a friend:

Black Housing Heroes: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk

My work in housing goes all the way back to riding the bus from South Central Los Angeles to the Westside of LA as an elementary school student. On that bus ride, I started to see that my community looked…

Transit Blues in the Golden State: How the Housing Crisis Hurts Transit Ridership

A new research brief from UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies finds more compelling evidence linking land use and transportation equity by unpacking California’s jobs-housing balance. Blumenberg & King (2021) analyze the “self-containment” of workers in California, or the ratio between…

The Need for More Renters in our Representers

It’s no secret that homeowners are dramatically overrepresented at all levels of elected government, with profound consequences for political culture and public policy. A recent paper from Boston University investigates the contours of this problem in greater detail. Key takeaways:…