Published: 2017 | Emily Thaden, Ruoniu Wang | Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Abstract Inclusionary housing refers to any programs or policies that require or incentivize the creation of affordable housing when new development occurs, including impact or linkage fees…
Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works?
Published: 2016 | Lance Freeman, Jenny Schuetz | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Abstract As cities across the United States have rebounded from the Great Recession, an increasing number of households in urban areas are facing high rent burdens in…
Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing
Published: 2016 | Mac Taylor | Legislative Analyst’s Office Abstract In this follow up to California’s High Housing Costs, we offer additional evidence that facilitating more private housing development in the state’s coastal urban communities would help make housing more…
Housing Development Toolkit
Published: 2016 | Obama Administration Abstract Over the past three decades, local barriers to housing development have intensified, particularly in the high-growth metropolitan areas increasingly fueling the national economy. The accumulation of such barriers – including zoning, other land use…
A Tool Kit to Close California’s Housing Gap: 3.5 Million Homes by 2025
Published: 2016 | Jonathan Woetzel, Jan Mischke, Shannon Peloquin, Daniel Weisfield | McKinsey Global Institute
California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences
Published: 2015 | Mac Taylor | Legislative Analyst’s Office Abstract The purpose of this report is to provide the Legislature an overview of the state’s complex and expensive housing markets, encompassing both single-family homes and multi-family apartments. We pay particular…
Urban Land Use Regulation: Are Homevoters Overtaking the Growth Machine?
Published: 2014 | Vicki Been, Josiah Madar, Simon McDonnell | Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Abstract The leading theory about urban land use regulation argues that city zoning officials are full partners in the business and real estate elite’s “growth…
Density Zoning and Class Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Published: 2013 | Jonathan T. Rothwell and Douglas S. Massey Abstract Objectives—Socioeconomic segregation rose substantially in U.S. cities during the final decades of the 20th century and we argue zoning regulations are an important cause for this increase. Methods—We measure…
Supply Constraints and Housing Market Dynamics
Published: 2012 | Andrew Paciorek | The Federal Reserve Board Abstract Although the volatility of house prices is often ascribed to demand-side factors, constraints on housing supply have important and little-studied implications for housing dynamics. I illustrate the strong relationship…
Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles
Published: 2006 | Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz | National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract Like many other assets, housing prices are quite volatile relative to observable changes in fundamentals. If we are going to understand boom-bust housing…