Reports
Data-driven studies from the Center for Demographics and Policy on housing, community, and American life.
Rebuild the Homeownership Ladder
2026 Report
Rebuild the Homeownership Ladder
California's Housing Crisis
Our flagship 2026 housing report examines how to restore access to homeownership and rebuild the pathway to American success, combining demographic data with practical policy direction.
The report anchored the Center's Housing Summit and continues to inform conversations with policymakers, researchers, and housing practitioners across the country.
Browse by topic
Our research clusters around four questions about demographic change and the policies that shape it. Pick a theme to see what we explore, and how each connects back to demographics and policy.
Housing & Cities
What housing really costs, why, and how cities can stay affordable, livable, and open to the next generation.
Demographia International Housing Affordability
2026 View report →
Demographia World Urban Areas
2025 View report →
How to Save Our Urban
2025 View report →
Demographia International Housing Affordability 2025
2025 View report →
Bad Climate for Housing
2025 View report →
Demographia International Housing Affordability 2024
2024 View report →
How Will Californians Solve the Housing Crisis
2023 View report →
California Housing Report
2023 View report →
Impact of California's Housing Prices on Construction Workers
2019 View report →California's Economy & Policy
How regulation, energy, and policy choices are reshaping California's jobs, industries, and middle class.
Is California Losing Its Mojo
2024 View report →
Nurturing California Industries
2023 View report →
Beyond Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California's Middle Class
2020 View report →
A Policy of Delusion and Misdirection
2020 View report →
California Feudalism: The Squeeze on the Middle Class
2018 View report →
California Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Climate Change
2018 View report →
California Getting In Its Own Way
2018 View report →
Orange County Focus: Forging Our Common Future
2018 View report →
Fading Promise: Millennial Prospects in the Golden State
2017 View report →People, Family & Society
How communities, families, and faith are changing, and what that means for the social fabric.
Global & Future Trends
The wider forces shaping the decades ahead: a changing America, global demographics, and new technology.
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