In this paper, we examine data for 10 early adopters of California’s Prohousing Designation Program, and assess whether the policies for which they received points are supported by research evidence that those policies can promote new housing development. Based on this analysis, we then turn to a series of recommendations... Read more »| Terner Center
This paper updates our 2020 report with expanded data on the potential for development on land owned by faith-based organizations throughout the state. This paper also adds to its calculations land controlled by nonprofit colleges, which have also made recent efforts to build affordable or middle-income housing on land they... Read more »| Terner Center
Overview California Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks) was signed into law by Governor Newsom in September 2022 and went into effect on July 1, 2023. It is one of several recently-passed state laws that aims to address the shortage of housing in California, in this case, by creating a pathway for... Read more »| Terner Center
Guest author Shane Phillips from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies has authored a paper that uses the Terner Housing Policy Simulator to estimate the potential impacts of different inclusionary zoning (IZ) requirements on market-rate and below-market-rate housing production, with a focus on Los Angeles’ Transit-Oriented Communities... Read more »| Terner Center