Housing is critical to well-being, providing a solid foundation for engagement in social and economic activities, including access to jobs, schools, and other place-based goods. According to our recent report, housing stress is both a national and local issue impacting the poorest residents, and increasingly the middle class as well. As the keynote speaker at our housing event on May 8th California State Senator Scott Wiener said, “it's been very underappreciated how foundational housing is to everything else.” Over the course of the event – which also included two expert panels – five key lessons emerged on how to address challenges around zoning and land use at a local level
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