2021 - 2022 Research Reports

Our data-driven reports provide analyses on how factors such as housing affordability, supply and demand, and overcrowding, affect the current state of housing challenges. 

• Housing Affordability in the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties

  This report summarizes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties’ housing affordability from both the supply and demand perspectives at regional and local levels, identifies local jurisdictions with the greatest affordability challenges, and offers recommendations for what communities can do to alleviate shortages of affordable housing.

  Housing Affordability in the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties

• Overcrowdedness, Housing Insecurity, and COVID-19: The Case of Inland Southern California

  In this report, we identify how overcrowding affects issues of housing insecurity and teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

  Overcrowdedness, Housing Insecurity, and COVID-19: The Case of Inland Southern California

2021 - 2022 Research Briefs

We devote three issue briefs to our recent study on the allocation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the Inland Empire. The PPP is a Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed loan program that helps businesses keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisis. In Issue 1, we provide an introduction of the PPP and examine the characteristics of small businesses that have received the PPP loans. Then we look at the geographical distribution of PPP loans at the neighborhood level in Issue 2. In Issue 3, we looked at which neighborhoods received more PPP loans.

• Small Businesses and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

  Issue No. 1: An Overview

  Issue No. 2: Spatial Patterns

  Issue No. 3: Neighborhood Context

2020 - 2021 Reports

Our 2020 report focuses on housing in the Inland Empire region. Specifically, our report contains factors driving demand, construction trends, data- driven jurisdictional summaries, resident case studies, and focus groups. The final report will be released in eight sections, each contributing important information and research about our topic.

• ICSD 2021 Report: Regional Challenges and Opportunities for Housing Development in Inland Southern California
  ICSD Final Report.pdf
• Living with the COVID-19 Pandemic for a Year: The Exacerbated Housing Insecurity Issue
  Housing Insecurity and COVID19.pdf
• Challenges and Opportunities for Housing Development in the Inland Empire: Perspectives from the Community
  Challenges and Oppurtunities for Housing Development in the Inland Rempire Final.pdf
• When the Home Becomes the Place of K-12 Education: How COVID-19 is Challenging the Education and Digital Divide

  icsd_october_report (final).pdf

• Housing Insecurity & the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Housing Insecurity & COVID-19 Report.pdf
• The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Small Businesses in the Inland Region
  ICSD Economic Impacts of COVID-19.pdf
• Housing Affordability & Regional Development Focus Group Report
  Housing Affordability and Regional Development Focus Group Report.pdf

2020 - 2021 Research Briefs

In our Issue Brief Series, we profile and analyze the most important housing issues in the Inland Empire. Each Brief is 3-4 pages and covers topics ranging from affordable housing availability to state housing bills authored by area representatives.

• Issue Brief #1: Where is California’s Housing Legislation Coming from?
  issuebriefv2.pdf
• Issue Brief #2: What is SB 50 and How Would it Affect Housing in the Inland Region?
  Issue Brief 2 What is SB 50.pdf
• Issue Brief #3: California: What Housing is Built, Where?
  Issue Brief #3 What Housing is Built, Where?.pdf
• Issue Brief #4: California: What Housing is Built, Where? Part 2 of 2
  Issue Brief #4 What Housing is Built, Where Part 2.pdf
• Issue Brief #5: Housing in a Covid-19 World
  Issue Brief #5 Housing in a Covid-19 World.pdf
• Issue Brief #6: Housing Recap: California 2019/2020 Legislative Session
  Housing Recap California 2019:20 Legislative Session.pdf
• Issue Brief #7: What Are the Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in the U.S.?: Early Evidence based on the 50 Largest MSAs
  ICSD Brief (June 2021) Finalized.pdf
• Issue Brief #8: Impacts of COVID-19 on Latina Businesses in Inland Southern California

  brief_no8.pdf

To learn more about the center’s research, please contact our Public Policy Analyst, Yohanna White at yohanna.white@ucr.edu