Published: 2018 | Emily Hamilton | Strong Towns
Solving the Housing Crisis Is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area
Published: 2018 | Sarah Treuhaft with Jessica Pizarek, Ángel Ross, and Justin Scoggins | Policylink Abstract The twin forces of a housing shortage—particularly affordable housing—and uneven wage growth have converged to create a regional crisis. Between 2011 and 2015, the…
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Past Achievements, Future Challenges
Published: 2018 | Corianne Payton Scally, Amanda Gold, Carl Hedman, Matthew Gerken, Nicole DuBois | Urban League Abstract Despite the housing affordability challengesmany low-income renters face, most government resources for preserving and building affordable rental housing have declined. This stagnation…
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: How It Works and Who It Serves
Published: 2018 | Corianne Payton Scally, Amanda Gold, Nicole DuBois | Urban League Abstract The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is a complex but crucial tool for the production and preservation of affordable rental housing. Through this program, private investors…
Auctioning the Upzone: A New Strategy to Induce Local Government Compliance with State Housing Policies
Published: 2018 | Chris Elmendorf Abstract States should confer on local governments the right to auction development rights created by upzoning pursuant to state policy. This is akin to a state subsidy, but it would come at no cost to…
Why Buy a Home? Race, Ethnicity, and Homeownership Preferences in the United States
Published: 2018 | Brian J. McCabe | SAGE Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Abstract There are many reasons why Americans prefer homeownership to renting. Owning a home can serve as a vehicle for economic mobility or a marker of status…
Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
Published: 2018 | Megan Sandel, Richard Sheward, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba | Pediatrics Abstract Objectives: To evaluate how 3 forms of housing instability relate to caregiver and child health among low-income renter households. Methods: Caregivers of children 0 to 48…
The Economic Implications of Housing Supply
Published: 2018 | Edward Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko | The Journal of Economic Prespectives Abstract In this essay, we review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of US housing markets to better understand the distribution of home prices,…
Supply Skepticism: Housing Supply and Affordability
Published: 2018 | Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan | NYU Furman Center, NYU Wagner School, and NYU School of Law Abstract Growing numbers of affordable housing advocates and community members are questioning the premise that increasing the supply…
People are simply unable to pay the rent
Published: 2018 | UCLA Luskin Center Abstract Drawing on our history, this paper proposes a range of options to ameliorate the economic vulnerability and anxiety of a growing number of our city’s rent-burdened residents. These options include extending the city’s…