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Housing

We believe: Housing is a human right and should be affordable to everyone.

Our Goals

鈥 Increase the supply of housing.

鈥 Provide more affordable housing for low- and middle-income residents.

鈥 Protect low-income communities of color from displacement.

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黑料传送门Report

Structured for Success

A key cause of California鈥檚 high housing costs is its decentralized and fragmented housing governance system. 黑料传送门makes 11 recommendations to set California and the Bay Area on the path to produce the housing we need.
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Research

Losing Ground

黑料传送门examines how the Bay Area鈥檚 housing market has become shaped by scarcity and wide economic divides 鈥 not only among income groups but also among races and ethnicities.
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Research

Housing the Middle

黑料传送门digs into the housing market鈥檚 failure to meet the needs of middle-income households. California can look to innovative programs across the country as models for how to address the state鈥檚 housing challenges.
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Apartment Construction

Research

Planning by Ballot

黑料传送门has created the most up-to-date database of local land use ballot measures that impact housing production in California. Over the long term, measures that restrict infill housing can undermine housing affordability and have the potential to exacerbate racial segregation.
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Updates and Events

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Burdens and Benefits

Research
California鈥檚 Proposition 13 is one of the most studied property taxes in the country, but how does it affect the lives of residents in Bay Area cities? SPUR鈥檚 research brief Burdens and Benefits explores how the law impacts homeowners in Oakland, with a look at who receives the largest benefits from the state鈥檚 unique property tax law and who shoulders the burdens from its constraints on revenues.

黑料传送门Weighs in on San Francisco Housing Element Draft Goals

Advocacy Letter
The San Francisco Housing Element is the City鈥檚 plan to accommodate housing over the next eight years. There are many aspects of the draft goals that we support, including the way that the goals center racial equity and also the inclusion of a goal to plan for half the city鈥檚 housing growth in wealthier neighborhoods with access to great amenities, called 鈥淗igh Opportunity Areas鈥.
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SPUR-Sponsored Housing Bills Continue to Move in the State Legislature

News /
黑料传送门is advocating for a number of pro-housing bills and regulatory reforms in Sacramento that would increase housing supply and reduce the time and cost to produce housing. A number of key SPUR-sponsored and supported bills continue to move through the legislative process. When the Legislature returns from summer recess a number of bills will face critical votes in the State Senate and Assembly.
How Much Does It Cost to Permit a House?

How Much Does It Cost to Permit a House?

Policy Brief
California is in the midst of an enduring housing affordability crisis that is rooted in a lack of housing supply and perpetuated by the high costs of development. This brief focuses on one obstacle in the development process that can contribute to these steep costs and hamper overall housing production: the lack of transparency around development fees and requirements at the local level.
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