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Will L.A. Have an Office Apocalypse or Housing Boom? Tax Breaks Might Make the Difference
Facing a persistent housing crisis, Los Angeles is doubling down on converting unused commercial buildings into residential properties. But high interest rates make conversions more costly to finance. To mitigate this risk, L.A. might consider fiscal policy that would tip the scale more convincingly toward adaptive reuse.
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Jun 23, 2023
Los Angeles Times
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward

Personal Wealth

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To Help African Americans Gain Generational Wealth, Look to the Housing Market
African American families have significantly less wealth than White families, even after reaching the middle class. Home ownership is, for the vast majority of Americans, the primary vehicle for accruing wealth, and passing it down through generations. This is a crucial time for policymakers to consider policies that focus on improving home ownership rates for African Americans.
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Dec 7, 2022
The RAND Blog
Jessica Welburn Paige
Housing Markets

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Santa Monica's 'Builder's Remedy' Experiment Holds Lessons for the Region
More than 124 municipalities across Southern California are struggling to meet their state housing allocations. When Santa Monica fell out of compliance with state housing law, this triggered what is known as the ”builder's remedy“ and created a revealing natural experiment.
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Nov 8, 2022
Santa Monica Daily Press
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward
Urban Planning

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How Can Commercial Buildings Become Needed Housing?
Adaptive reuse has tremendous promise for making a dent in Southern California's housing shortage, but realizing its full potential will require thoughtful and timely policymaking.
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Jun 6, 2022
Santa Monica Daily Press
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward
Housing Markets

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California Needs 1.2 Million New Homes. How Will It Get There?
Voluntary incentives foster increased production of affordable housing, while mandates alone increase the cost of producing housing, dampening both market-rate and affordable housing production. It is well past time to acknowledge the evidence and focus on the adoption of voluntary programs that incentivize the rapid creation of dense, infill housing available at both affordable and market rents.
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May 13, 2022
CalMatters
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward
Counterinsurgency

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Employing Insurgency in Ukraine, U.S. Hospital Prices, Reaching the Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how insurgency could give Ukraine an edge over Russia, repurposing commercial buildings to help address L.A.’s housing crisis, Americans’ options for reaching the middle class, and more.
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Apr 8, 2022
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Reopenining Schools, Affordable Housing, Unemployment: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the debate about reopening schools, how a decline in commercial real estate demand could help address the housing crisis, challenges facing the U.S. unemployment system, and more.
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Jul 24, 2020
Housing Markets

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Declining Commercial Real Estate Demand May Provide an Opportunity to Help Address California's Housing Crisis
The pandemic has led to an estimated 175,000 business closures this spring. And an estimated 40 percent of employed people are working from home full-time. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reallocate portions of the built environment toward the urgent demand for affordable housing.
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Jul 20, 2020
CalMatters
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward

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Beyond helping to meet Los Angeles' ambitious housing production goals, adaptive reuse conversions can provide a more-stable source of property tax revenue because the housing sector is much more insulated from factors such as remote work and other economic shocks affecting the office sector. And they can also help to maintain office prices through a reduction in supply. Both of these forces could place city and county finances at less future risk.

Jason M. Ward

Associate Director, RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness in Los Angeles

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Will L.A. Have an Office Apocalypse or Housing Boom? Tax Breaks Might Make the Difference

To Help African Americans Gain Generational Wealth, Look to the Housing Market

Santa Monica's 'Builder's Remedy' Experiment Holds Lessons for the Region

How Can Commercial Buildings Become Needed Housing?

California Needs 1.2 Million New Homes. How Will It Get There?

Employing Insurgency in Ukraine, U.S. Hospital Prices, Reaching the Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap

Reopenining Schools, Affordable Housing, Unemployment: RAND Weekly Recap

Declining Commercial Real Estate Demand May Provide an Opportunity to Help Address California's Housing Crisis

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