Policy
California Breaks CEQA Barrier To Reignite Housing Production
Championed aggressively by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the historic environmental law reform unlocks the potential for infill housing—and could become a model for other high-barrier states.
Policy
How Did We Get Here? The Origin Of Housing Scarcity In America
Land use, development, and investment expert -- and TBD Dream Teamer -- Scott Cox weighs in on a key question for municipal officials. If "we can't build our way out of" the housing crisis, what's the plan?
Policy
Recalculating Risk: The Californiafication Of US Housing
TBD Dream Teamer Scott Cox unpacks how to grapple with where housing's at, where it's heading, and what builders, developers, and investors need to do to factor for disrupted supply and demand forces.
Policy
From Peak To Trough To Rebound In 60 Days: The Covid Recesison
The recession that was -- from February 2020 to April 2020 -- goes down as a record-breaker for its speedy duration. Except for the millions still living in its grip, and in fear of its next wave of pain.
Policy
How To Reinvent Zoning To Rid Housing Of Racial Inequity
Brookings fellow Lance Freeman proposes a model for public-and-private sector retooling of land-use practices to make them racially-equitable.
Policy
In Market Talktrack, Uncertainty, Even Concessions Crop Up
Two terms have surfaced in the spotty, choppy limbo market dynamic that has checked up both construction flow and demand mojo: Pause and Concessions.