by jpitney | Jul 6, 2025 | Housing, Trade
Alex Ford and Jiachuan Wu at NBC: An NBC News analysis of building materials and import data found that the total cost of building a mid-range single-family home could rise by more than $4,000 — an estimate that industry experts who reviewed the analysis called...
by jpitney | Jul 4, 2025 | California Politics, Housing
Tobias Peter and Edward J. Pinto at AEI: In the 1970s, California had normal home prices—about on par with the rest of the nation. But since then, a toxic mix of ever-tightening environmental regulations, arcane zoning laws, and relentless NIMBY (Not in My Backyard)...
by jpitney | May 19, 2025 | California Politics, Housing
Andrew J. Campa at LAT: California defines income levels by how they compare with the area’s median income. In areas with unusually low or high housing costs, however, those definitions are often tweaked to reflect the reality for area residents. That allows for the...
by jpitney | Apr 4, 2025 | California Politics, Homelessness, Housing
The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California Evidence and Policy Recommendations Jason M. Ward, Luke Schlake https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3743-1.html In this report, the authors present analyses of production cost differences among...
by jpitney | Mar 28, 2025 | California Politics, Homelessness, Housing, Regulation
LINDSEY HOLDEN and DUSTIN GARDINER at POLITICO: California Democrats are feeling the weight of the state’s crushing housing crisis in a particularly acute way. Oakland Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener and other Democratic lawmakers...
by jpitney | Feb 26, 2025 | Homelessness, Housing
Ben Christopher at CalMatters: One California law was supposed to flip defunct strip malls across California into apartment-lined corridors. Another was designed to turn under-used church parking lots into fonts of new affordable housing. A third would, according to...
