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Evaluating California’s Housing Element Law, Housing Equity, and Housing Production (1990--2007)

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  • Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

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Since 1969, California’s Housing Element Law has required that municipalities address housing equity and housing production. In California, housing equity means that a municipality has planned for the future production of low-income housing that is priced from 0 to 120% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s median family income, and market-rate housing that is priced higher than 121%. For a purposive sample of municipalities (Sacramento and Los Angeles regions, 1990 to 2007, n = 53), this research found that as compliance with the law increased, the sample experienced deficient low-income housing production but surplus market-rate housing production. Mixed-effects models indicated that compliant municipalities were associated not only with increased low-income housing production but also with decreased annual housing production in comparison to noncompliant municipalities. While these associations contrast with Lewis, they suggest that municipal compliance may support California’s goal of providing housing equity but may also constrain California’s overall housing production.

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  • Darrel Ramsey-Musolf, 2016. "Evaluating California’s Housing Element Law, Housing Equity, and Housing Production (1990--2007)," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 488-516, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:26:y:2016:i:3:p:488-516
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2015.1128960
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