Terner Center for Housing Innovation’s Post

Homeowners received nearly $40 billion in tax benefits in 2022. Meanwhile, the number of cost-burdened renters has hit an all-time high. Our new report, published in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, explores one promising approach to supporting renters: a renter’s tax credit. We explore design options, their associated costs and benefits, and their possible effects on renter households in California. Read the report here:

Most Bay Area households are affected in some way by the region’s ongoing affordability crisis: housing costs are increasing faster than incomes, nearly half of renters are cost-burdened, and rates of homelessness continue to rise. Our new brief explores how public funding can help to reverse these challenges by increasing the supply of affordable housing, preserving existing affordable housing stock, and keeping renters stably housed. Read more here:

A new Terner Center commentary summarizes our webinar featuring innovative homelessness organizations in California (Homebase, All Home, Bay Area Community Services, and Elevate Community Services) and includes findings from our collaborative statewide homelessness assessment:

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 by Christi Economy, Quinn Underriner, Julie Aguilar, and Carolina Reid: