This is a summary of a report that provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
In this paper, Wasserman evaluates the scalability, longevity, efficacy, political feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of pilot programs that encourage accessory dwelling unit construction compared to traditional multifamily supportive housing.
In recent years, the state legislature has passed bills seeking to reform California's Housing Element Law. This brief highlights a sometimes misunderstood feature of the law's core planning tool: the RHNA process.
This research brief focuses on Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to examine the relationship between commercial gentrification and fixed rail transit, transit ridership and traffic crashes.
Building new housing appears to be part of the housing crisis solution. However, this brief finds that opposition to development is high due to fear of personal losses and resentment of developer gains.
In this Viewpoints, the authors write how R1 zoning in the United States promotes exclusion and exacerbates inequality, benefiting homeowners at the expense of renters and limiting access to high-opportunity places. They argue that these negative impacts outweigh weak arguments for R1 and that planners should work to abolish it.
Local governments face new rules as they begin updating their local Housing Elements for the 2021-29/2022-30 planning period. This brief proposes a new way for cities to approach the sites inventory to meet their housing targets, moving beyond simply identifying vacant and underutilized parcels.
This article responds to other commentaries and responses to It’s "Time to End Single-Family Zoning."
This primer will help policymakers, public officials, advocates, and other stakeholders better understand the many different types of affordable housing, what they accomplish, how they’re regulated, and who they serve.
This summary brief is a preview of a full-length version that includes details about who builds each affordable housing category, who pays, how rents are set and can change over time, and many other policy considerations.
