California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - To shed light on this issue, we next compare the statewide minimum wage to housing costs across California ’s 58 counties. Measuring Housing Affordability. To assess housing affordability for minimum-wage workers, we compare monthly earnings for full-time workers making the main minimum wage in each county to HUD ’s estimate of “fair market rent ” for housing in that county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We suspect that low-wage workers ’ high likelihood of living in three-earner (or more) households might be due largely to California ’s high housing costs. (We further examine housing affordability for minimum-wage workers in another post .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Finally, we described how we matched household types to apartment types for the analysis of housing costs. Strengths and Weaknesses of Data Sources Primary Data Source: Monthly Current Population Surveys (CPS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences [Publication Details]

Mar 17, 2015 - California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences [Publication Details] Infographic Description: Living in decent, affordable, and reasonably located housing is vitally important to every Californian.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3214

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process Defines Each Community ’s Fair Share of Housing. Each community ’s fair share of housing is determined through a process known as Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2017 - Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? [Publication Details] Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? Format: HTML Description: In this report, we review the available evidence to gauge whether housing element law--the state's primary tool to ensure that local governments adequately plan for new housing--achieves their objective of ensuring that local communities accommodate future home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3605

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process Defines Each Community ’s Fair Share of Housing. Each community ’s fair share of housing is determined through a process known as Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3605

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones [Publication Details]

May 11, 2019 - The Governor proposes to allow state tax benefits for investments in alternative energy or affordable housing in communities designated as Opportunity Zones under a new federal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4038

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - Some of these programs support building of new affordably priced housing by providing direct financial assistance —typically tax credits, grants, or low-cost loans —to housing developers for the construction of new housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - In a higher inflationary environment, longer delays also can lead to higher housing development costs, further reducing housing production. In other examples, state departments have held positions open as a way of managing higher costs without additional spending authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647