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Report Details Key Considerations for Designing Renter’s Tax Credit

A report published by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, “Options for Addressing Rent Burdens through the Tax Code: Considerations for Designing a Renter’s Tax Credit,” details key questions for policymakers to consider when designing a tax credit to address the high costs of rental housing…

Report Weighs the Need for Middle-Income Housing Programs

A paper released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, “Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability Challenges,” discusses the rise in housing cost burdens among middle-income renters – typically those earning between 60…

Terner Center Creates Innovative Housing Affordability Measurement Tool

The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley released a report pioneering an innovative housing affordability measurement tool. The report, “Affordability for Whom? Introducing an Inclusive Affordability Measure,” presents a new measure of housing affordability…