Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications

2025-11-17T07:00:56-07:00

Using the Terner Housing Policy Simulator, this new report highlights the tradeoffs policymakers should consider in crafting inclusionary zoning policy requirements, with a focus on Los Angeles’ TOC program.

Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications2025-11-17T07:00:56-07:00

Meaningful Action: Evaluating Local Government Plans to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in California

2025-11-17T07:00:56-07:00

This paper examines how municipalities reacted to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing in general plans.

Meaningful Action: Evaluating Local Government Plans to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in California2025-11-17T07:00:56-07:00

Ethnic, Racial, and Neighborhood Mortgage Inequality: The case of Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sacramento

2025-11-17T07:00:47-07:00

This brief critically examines the relationship between the spatial distribution of loan outcomes and two levels of neighborhood racial composition.

Ethnic, Racial, and Neighborhood Mortgage Inequality: The case of Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sacramento2025-11-17T07:00:47-07:00

The Fair Housing Land Use Score in California: An Evaluation of 199 Municipal Plans

2025-11-17T07:00:47-07:00

This report assess whether local governments followed housing guidelines to affirmatively further fair housing by analyzing the site inventories adopted by 199 California cities.

The Fair Housing Land Use Score in California: An Evaluation of 199 Municipal Plans2025-11-17T07:00:47-07:00

CHIPing In: Evaluating the effects of LA’s Citywide Housing Incentive Program on neighborhood development potential

2025-11-17T07:00:46-07:00

This report analyzes CHIP along two dimensions: added housing capacity and furtherance of fair housing goals.

CHIPing In: Evaluating the effects of LA’s Citywide Housing Incentive Program on neighborhood development potential2025-11-17T07:00:46-07:00

The Palisades and Eaton Fires: Neighborhood Data and Potential Housing Market Effects

2025-11-17T07:00:46-07:00

This publication reviews past research on California wildfires' housing impacts, analyzes the 2018 Camp Fire's long-term effects, examines L.A. fire-affected neighborhoods, and highlights key lessons.

The Palisades and Eaton Fires: Neighborhood Data and Potential Housing Market Effects2025-11-17T07:00:46-07:00

The Unintended Consequences of Measure ULA

2025-11-17T07:00:45-07:00

This report analyzes Measure ULA, a real estate transfer tax approved by L.A. voters in 2022. The analysis reveals reduced high-end real estate transactions, particularly non-single family properties, potentially hindering housing production, revitalization, and property tax revenue in Los Angeles.

The Unintended Consequences of Measure ULA2025-11-17T07:00:45-07:00

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA’s Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms

2025-11-17T07:00:45-07:00

This research links Measure ULA to an 18% drop in multifamily housing production in Los Angeles, estimating 1,900+ fewer units annually since its implementation.

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA’s Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms2025-11-17T07:00:45-07:00

Scoring Progress: A Snapshot of 199 California Cities’ Fair Housing Plans

2025-11-17T07:00:44-07:00

Using the Fair Housing Land Use Score, we analyzed site distribution across four opportunity indices: median household income, environmental quality, percent white residents, and transportation access.

Scoring Progress: A Snapshot of 199 California Cities’ Fair Housing Plans2025-11-17T07:00:44-07:00

A Weak Link in Efforts to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing? Evaluating Public Engagement Processes in Housing Plan Development in Southern California

2025-11-17T07:00:38-07:00

In this paper, we analyze the public engagement processes of eight Southern California municipalities as they developed a newly mandated AFFH component for their 2021–2029 housing element update.

A Weak Link in Efforts to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing? Evaluating Public Engagement Processes in Housing Plan Development in Southern California2025-11-17T07:00:38-07:00
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