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Climbing the Ladder of Housing Opportunity

The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley [1] has issued “Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States [2],” a report suggesting ways to reform the way the federal government structures housing investment and regulatory oversight.

“Effective housing policy should foster a ladder of opportunity, where government policies help people at each rung and facilitate their ability to advance,” said the Terner Center in its release [3]. “But the ladder we have today has multiple rungs missing, others spaced too far apart, and many rungs only accessible to certain people or communities.”

Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States [2]” addresses three primary objectives:

The Terner Center identified the start of President Joe Biden’s Administration as an opportunity to lay the foundation for systemic housing reform to create a system that makes good on the 1949 Housing Act’s promise of “safe and affordable housing for all.”

In better targeting subsidies directly to households, the Terner Center proposes:

In expanding housing supply resources and tools to support production and housing choices, the Terner Center suggests:

The report cites accountability for localities and private market actors to advancing fair housing, and suggests the following:

Click here [2] to view the full report, “Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States.”