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Why Does It Cost So Much to Build Housing in California?

Lunchtime Forum

Photo by Sergio Ruiz for SPUR 

The San Francisco Bay Area is infamous for its desperately expensive housing market, and a recent study identified the region as the most costly place in the world to build an apartment. But why? What are the myriad factors that combine to impose such a financial burden on the construction, renting and purchasing of homes? Explore potential solutions with experts who have spent a tremendous amount of time grappling with this daunting challenge.

+ Liam Dillon / Los Angeles Times 
+ Carolina Reid / Terner Center for Housing Innovation
+ Candice Gonzalez / Sand Hill Property Company

 

 

Location

Registrants will receive a link to this Digital Discourse a day in advance of the program. Later registrants will receive a link one hour prior to the program's start. Anyone registering less than an hour before the program may not receive a link.
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Presentation by Carolina Reid
Terner Center Report- Hard Construction Costs
Terner Center Report- LIHTC Construction Costs

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