Authors: Christi Economy and Ryan Finnigan The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program has consistently been shown to increase housing security, decrease homelessness, and improve families’ well-being.[1] As the largest source of federal rental assistance, the HCV program provides 2.4 million households with a voucher for renting in the private market. Households typically contribute about 30 percent of their adjusted gross income, and the voucher covers the rest of the rent plus utilities (up...| Terner Center
SB 35 was enacted in 2018 to streamline multifamily infill development in jurisdictions that are not meeting their housing production goals. This paper examines the usage of SB 35 and finds that over 18,000 new homes have either been approved or had an application pending for streamlining under this law... Read more »| Terner Center
In this brief, we interview planners and land use lawyers to gain an early understanding about the extent to which the new laws are influencing housing production. Making a connection between new laws and housing production is difficult; data can be hard to gather, and a range of other issues... Read more »| Terner Center
Our research focuses on increasing the supply and lowering the cost of housing, expanding access to quality homes and communities to advance and support racial, social, and economic inclusion, and driving innovation in housing policy and practice.| Terner Center
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
Authors: Muhammad Alameldin, David Garcia The constraints on housing supply are a significant contributor to the current housing crisis. The median price for a home in California sits at $800,000, the highest in the country, and in the last decade, the state has failed to produce enough homes to keep... Read more »| Terner Center
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation has launched an in-depth research series that examines the array of costs associated with building housing—from construction costs to the costs of impact and service fees, regulation, and affordable housing requirements—and how they have changed over time. By analyzing these cost components—individually and as... Read more »| Terner Center