🔍 Dive into the latest findings on homelessness systems and learn from local administrators and service providers. Our webinar with Homebase looks at strategies to improve coordination and collaboration to address homelessness at the local level. ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/webinar-b…

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"The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley estimates that, across California, there are more than 47,00 acres of land owned by faith-based organizations that could potentially be developed into affordable housing." vox.com/housing/355548…

Our new paper explores the unique challenges of building smaller-scale, missing middle housing—like duplexes and fourplexes—and identifies pathways for policy change that would help to shift the market dynamics for the better: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-p…

TERNER CENTER MAKING IT PENCIL FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING HAS OFFICIALLY DROPPED: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/upl… Read the full paper before asking me questions PLEASE!

New paper from my employer! Some sobering math for missing middle housing in California

Great to see these grants finally out to support communities lowering barriers to housing from all corners of the country - strong potential for high impact (and there's another funding round coming up this summer).

(1/3) Today, SCOTUS ruled that cities may arrest and fine people for resting outside, even when they have nowhere else to go. This extreme decision goes against the data on how best to end homelessness. Read Dr. @Mkushel's statement: homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pres… #GrantsPass

Ryan Finnigan responds to the Grants Pass ruling: "...emphasis is going to be placed either on criminalizing people who have no other place to sleep, or that cities and states will move away from a focus on expanding permanent housing options." news.berkeley.edu/2024/06/28/sup…

California’s construction defect liability laws are designed to protect home buyers but their scope can deter developers from building new condos. New from Muhammad Tarek Alameldin & Sarah Karlinsky looks at alternative approaches from other states and Canada: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-p…

We're hiring a Publications Manager! This role will utilize strong project management, writing, editing, and design skills in close collaboration with the research and policy team. Learn more, apply, and help us spread the word: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/careers/

Join us on Friday July 26th at 11:00am for a conversation with builders and designers using urban lot splits and small lot subdivisions for infill development. Register today: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #ADUs #MiddleHousing #BuildTheMiddle

Kara Murray-Badal, Director of the Terner Housing Venture Lab in California, called in to support ADUs and parking mandates! She discussed how ADUs are a proven way to gradually add housing without straining city services or changing neighborhood character.

Across the Bay Area, many programs, policies, and funding initiatives hold promise for addressing the region’s housing crisis but need additional funding to get to scale. Learn more in our new brief: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-p…

A new commentary summarizes our webinar w/ innovative CA homelessness orgs (Homebase All Home BACS & Elevate Community Services) and includes findings from our collaborative statewide homelessness assessment: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/webinar-b…

SB 450 reforms SB 9 by having a permit shot clock and for these developments to have the same standards as single family homes. SB 937 would have impact fees charged at the end of development (final inspection/certificate of occupancy). If these bills pass the Senate and

Congrats to our very own Muhammad Tarek Alameldin for receiving California Community Builders' Dream Builders award!

Could a change to the tax code reduce cost burdens for renters? A new report from the Terner Center and Stanford Poverty & Inequality explores policy options for a renters tax credit. Read more here: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-p…

Join us on Tuesday, September 24 for a webinar including discussion of our new report with Stanford Poverty & Inequality. Panelists will explore how Renters’ Tax Credit policies could reduce cost burdens & address racial inequities in current tax policy: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/expanding…