This brief is part of a research and action initiative to understand the nature of gentrification and displacement in the Bay Area. It is authored… Read More »
gentrification and displacement
Housing Development Toolkit
The White House published a report looking at the role that zoning and other land use regulations have in increasing housing prices. The report includes… Read More »
Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025
This white paper projects how many households would be severely rent burdened by 2025 given demographic trends and differing assumptions about real changes in income… Read More »
Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
This study makes the case for well-timed, thoughtful use of inclusionary zoning as a tool to support diverse, affordable communities.
7 Paths to Development That Bring Neighborhoods Wealth, Not Gentrification
This article describes a framework for building community wealth, which includes seven key drivers that work together to create an inclusive, sustainable community economy where… Read More »
Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?
This study by Michael C. Lens and Paavo Monkkonen from the University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs identifies the precise ways that stricter… Read More »
An Opportunity Agenda for Renters: The Case for Simultaneous Investments in Residential Mobility and Low-Income Communities
This report reaffirms that initiatives designed to help people living in high-poverty neighborhoods have not been nearly sufficient to meet the growing demand for affordable… Read More »
Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America’s Metro Areas
This free e-book by Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor builds on research showing that greater income equality is the strongest predictor of whether a region… Read More »
The Distressed Communities Index
This analysis includes an interactive heat map and analysis for identifying, visualizing, and evaluating economic prosperity and distress spanning nearly every community throughout the country. The “Distressed… Read More »
How to Make Expensive Cities Affordable for Everyone
This piece looks at the question of how we can make room in highly desirable cities for everyone. Economists, sociologists, and land use scholars weigh… Read More »
