As California moves to hold local governments accountable for housing production goals, a report finds a 900,000-unit discrepancy. Offered here is the Embarcadero Institute's response to criticism received regarding the report's conclusions.
TPR recently shared a new report from Embarcadero Institute disputing the accuracy of the California's methodology for calculating housing needs. With the state moving to hold local governments accountable for meeting housing production goals, the report found a 900,000 unit discrepancy. Offered here is Embarcadero Institute's response to criticism received regarding the report's conclusions.
Report author Gab Layton has a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and currently serves on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Layton asserts that the report findings are basic arithmetic analyzing data reported by government agencies. All data and analyses are available in spreadsheets published alongside the report so that all work can be reviewed:
"All data and analyses are available in spreadsheets published alongside the report so that all work can be reviewed. It’s all basic arithmetic. We can assure you that no differential equations were harmed in the making of this report."
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