Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley

The path to permanent housing: what does it take to move indoors? Two women in Richmond traverse the transition from homelessness to housing.

Thoughtful @kalwradio.bsky.social story about what it takes to ensure people can move into permanent housing. Deputy Director of Research Ryan Finnigan notes the realities of staffing challenges and a lack of available permanent supportive housing as a deciding factor. www.kalw.org/2026-03-05/t...

After the passage of high-profile housing bills in CA last year, 2026 may be just as eventful. Our webinar on Tues, March 24, at 11am PT will preview major themes in housing policy to watch for in the state capitol and governor’s office.
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Potential Pathways to Scale Innovative Construction Methods in California - Terner Center Amid a deepening housing crisis, innovation in housing construction has emerged as a promising pathway to lower costs, shorten development timelines, and increase housing production.  Industrialized c...

Our latest report focuses on how the State can support construction innovation to achieve scale and increase #housing production, highlighting 40 potential #policy actions. The report provides evidence-backed research to support legislative efforts of the CA Assembly: ow.ly/Lvpt50YmzyP

California is a leader in innovation—it’s time to apply that mindset to solving our housing crisis. Today’s Terner Center report highlights 40 potential policy actions that could help increase adoption of innovative construction methods.

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Our new report on how the State can support industrialized construction to boost housing production has been covered by KQED!

I’m so excited to finally have this Terner Center report in my hands! These insights will help guide my legislative work this year to unlock more housing construction innovation. We know the housing crisis is formidable—it’s time to get creative in how we solve it.

Potential Pathways to Scale Innovative Construction Methods in California - Terner Center Amid a deepening housing crisis, innovation in housing construction has emerged as a promising pathway to lower costs, shorten development timelines, and increase housing production.  Industrialized c...

New report offers in-depth look at how the State can support industrialized construction to boost #housing production—with potential policy actions to address issues from a shrinking workforce & uncertain project pipelines to misaligned financing programs ow.ly/Lvpt50YmzyP

In testimony to the CA State Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development, @davidagarciajr.bsky.social offered a preliminary look at AB 2011: ~5,800 new homes applied for, entitled, or permitted—with a little over half specifically for affordable housing. ow.ly/NTm750YmKHH

Honored to have Deputy Director of Policy @davidagarciajr.bsky.social testify to the CA State Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development on Wed, Feb. 25. David's testimony will be part of an evaluation of how Assembly Bill 2011 is working in practice. ahcd.assembly.ca.gov/hearings

More than a third of mixed-status families who could lose federal rental help are in California California is home to 36% of families with mixed immigration status receiving federal rent assistance. Here’s what’s at stake for them in a proposed Trump rule change.

Thanks to @dwagner.bsky.social of @laist.com for highlighting our analysis of the proposed HUD rule excluding mixed-status immigrant families from federal rental assistance. laist.com/news/housing...

Pathways to Support Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Receiving Federal Housing Assistance - Terner Center Introduction Recent and potential actions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could harm thousands of mixed-status immigrant families receiving federal housing assistance. Mi...

The administration is poised to propose a rule to exclude mixed-status immigrant families from federal housing assistance. (public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03405.pdf)
New analysis on how state & local governments can help families remain stably housed: ow.ly/PEiW50Ye9qQ

Our research on Housing Choice Vouchers, providing 2.4 million U.S. households with rental assistance, is cited in this piece. You can access it here: ow.ly/HuL450YhQs8

Apply by next Friday, Feb 20, for Terner Labs' Housing Venture Lab, an accelerator for early-stage enterprises working toward affordable, accessible & equitable housing. Ventures receive $75K in seed funding, expert coaching, & follow-on funding opportunities. www.ternerlabs.org/housing-vent...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Common Ground 2025-2026 Session #4: Where California Builds. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Our upcoming session, Where California Builds, will be held on Friday, February 13th from 1:30 PM - 3 PM. As our state works to align our housing and climate policy, this session will take a closer ...

Fri, Feb 13, 1:30pm PT: Catch Associate Research Director Zack Subin at an Alliance for Housing and Climate Solutions online session, "Where CA Builds." He'll share data on decades of U.S. housing development & present-day transportation patterns and preview Center research on CA. ow.ly/ukgQ50Ye73W

2026 Leadership Summit on Ending Homelessness The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

Deputy Director of Research Ryan Finnigan will join other experts to discuss influencing policy and the press with research and data at the National Alliance to End Homelessness 2026 Leadership Summit, March 2–4, San Diego. endhomelessness.org/conferences/...

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Grateful to @nphanc.bsky.social for all their work lifting up permanent supportive housing as a solution to homelessness. We’re thankful to have had the opportunity to collaborate on research that can inform how to strengthen systems & improve residents' outcomes nonprofithousing.org/wp-content/u...

CA has invested $40B+ in affordable housing since 2019, but the system to finance & develop affordable #housing is fragmented & inefficient. As state leaders streamline efforts through a new agency, a report highlights what CA can learn from other states. ow.ly/bvHt50Yc0Wu

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The Cost of Fragmentation: A Comparison of State Affordable Housing Finance Governance Systems - Terner Center To finance and build affordable housing, developers across the United States need to assemble multiple funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Public funding sources can be administer...

Big research effort from @ternerhousing.bsky.social showing that California's byzantine process for financing low-income housing is a major outlier nationally that delays new affordable developments and makes them more expensive to build ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/the-cos...

How do different states administer financing for affordable housing? Our new report includes a landscape scan of all 50 states; case studies of MD, MA, MN, NY, NC, & OR; and stakeholder interviews revealing challenges & ingredients for success. #affordablehousing #housingpolicy ow.ly/MLTe50YbWQM

The Cost of Fragmentation: A Comparison of State Affordable Housing Finance Governance Systems - Terner Center To finance and build affordable housing, developers across the United States need to assemble multiple funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Public funding sources can be administer...

As states nationwide work to streamline fragmented systems for financing & building affordable housing, new resources makes it easy to understand how different states’ housing finance systems are structured and what’s working to establish more integrated governance models. ow.ly/Yvnt50Yc2gI

TOMORROW, Feb 10, 11am PT: Learn about recent changes to impact fees in #California & how cities are working to make systems easier for #housing developers to navigate. Hear about emerging research & insights from planning directors across the state. ow.ly/xczr50Y0Kov

Our friends at Terner Labs are now accepting applications for the Housing Venture Lab, a unique accelerator program for housing ventures that includes $75K in seed funding, in-depth coaching, and connections to a network of advisors and partners. Learn more & apply by Feb 20: ow.ly/oYG550Y0Pe3

Next Tuesday: "State and Local Reforms to Development Impact Fees: Practical Steps Toward Transparency and Equity"
Join us as experts discuss recent changes to CA’s impact fee landscape & how cities are working to make it more navigable for #housing developers. Feb 10, 11am PT ow.ly/xczr50Y0Kov

Deputy Director of Policy @davidagarciajr.bsky.social joins other experts in looking at the impacts of federal policy on housing.

These Fees Make Affordable Housing More Expensive. Developers Want to Slash Them - KQED One of the reasons building affordable housing in California is so difficult is that developers are asked to pay for many things, from expanded gas lines to public art projects. And those costs add up...

New story from @kqednews.kqed.org on our research about impact fees charged to new affordable housing developments in CA. (ow.ly/gAWU50Y92w6) While fees can be an important source of city revenues, they can also drive up the cost of affordable housing production. ow.ly/rFBE50Y92FP

Faculty Research Advisor Carolina Reid is quoted in a look at mortgages in Maryland.

Please join us for a webinar on Tues, Feb 10, 11am–12pm PT. Experts from the City of Elk Grove, City of San José, and City of San Diego will explore recent changes to CA’s impact fee landscape and how cities are working to make it more navigable for housing developers. ow.ly/xczr50Y0Kov

Thrilled to have a terrific panel of experts speaking at our webinar on state and local reforms to development impact fees, Feb 10, 11am PT. It will explore recent changes to CA’s impact fee landscape and how cities are working to make it more navigable for housing developers. ow.ly/xczr50Y0Kov

Coverage of our new research on how impact fees add costs to affordable housing developments in CA: ow.ly/QIhS50Y1jmX

Thanks to KQED for covering our new research assessing the cost of impact fees on affordable housing: ow.ly/QIhS50Y1jmX