Recent Newsletters
Legislators Oppose Delay in Housing Funding for Colleges and Universities
When the Governor released his budget message in January, he proposed delaying funding for housing projects on land owned by the state’s colleges and universities that was included in last year’s budget. Specifically, the [...]
SVB Collapse
In the wake of the sudden failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), affordable housing developers are scrambling to shore up financing for developments in both the planning and construction stages. SVB was a major [...]
National Low Income Housing Coalition Report Highlights Housing Gap
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual report on the Housing Gap, which shows the availability of affordable rental housing in all 50 states. This year’s report found that the affordability [...]
Terner Center Report Highlights Lessons from Emergency Voucher Program
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation released a report that highlights the successes and challenges of the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program, which provided 70,000 vouchers during the pandemic to subsidize housing for people [...]
UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute Unveils New Zoning Reform Tracker
The Othering and Belonging Institute out of UC Berkeley released a great new interactive tool– a Zoning Reform Tracker– that serves as a hub for documenting zoning reform efforts in the country. The first [...]
SPUR Issues Report on the Impact of the Housing Crisis on Middle-Income Households
SPUR (the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association) unveiled a report called Losing Ground-– What the Bay Area’s Housing Crisis Means for Middle-Income Households and Racial Inequality. While focused on the [...]