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UCLA Housing VoiceEp 89: How to Evaluate Zoning Reforms with Aaron Barrall pt. 1When a city proposes zoning changes, how do you know whether they’ll be effective? Aaron Barrall shares how we approached the problem in Los Angeles, with lessons for similar upzoning efforts around the world. This is the first episode in a two-part conversation.Show notes:Barrall, A., & Phillips, S. (2024). CHIPing In: Evaluating the effects of LA’s Citywide Housing Incentive Program on neighborhood development potential. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.YouTube recording of Aaron’s and Shane’s presentation at UCLA on the report’s findings.Monkkonen, P., Manville, M., Lens, M., Barral...2025-04-091h 03UCLA Housing VoiceEp 79: Who Pays For Inclusionary Zoning with Shane PhillipsInclusionary zoning policies use the market to produce affordable housing, but nothing comes for free. So who pays? Shane takes the guest seat to discuss his analysis of IZ in Los Angeles, making the case that it’s not developers or high-income renters who bear the cost, but all renters — poor, middle income, and wealthy alike.Show notes:Phillips, S. (2024). Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications. UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation and UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. UCLA Housing Voice Episode 31: Inclusi...2024-10-161h 07UCLA Housing VoiceEp 75: Segregating the Built Environment with Ann OwensWe often talk about residential segregation by race or income, but we rarely explore it in the literal sense — as in segregation of residences: of one kind of housing from another. Ann Owens joins to discuss her research on how segregation manifests itself in our built environment in cities and neighborhoods across the U.S.Show notes:Owens, A. (2019). Building inequality: Housing segregation and income segregation. Sociological Science, 6, 497.Rich, P., & Owens, A. (2023). Neighborhood–School structures: A new approach to the joint study of social contexts. Annual review of sociology, 49(1), 297-317.Check out the interactive segr...2024-07-241h 00UCLA Housing VoiceEp 59: The Costs of Discretion with Paavo Monkkonen and Mike ManvilleDoes discretion delay development, or do deliberate decisions divert disaster? Paavo and Mike M. share new Lewis Center research comparing approval timelines for discretionary and by-right projects, and they discuss the consequences of slow and uncertain approval processes for housing production, affordability, and public trust.Show notes:Manville, M., Monkkonen, P., Gray, N., & Phillips, S. (2023). Does Discretion Delay Development? The Impact of Approval Pathways on Multifamily Housing’s Time to Permit. Journal of the American Planning Association, 89(3), 336-347.Episode 27 of UCLA Housing Voice with Nolan Gray.Kim, M. (2020). Negotiation or schedule-based? Examining the strengths an...2023-10-181h 11UCLA Housing VoiceEp 36: Rent Control in India with Sahil Gandhi and Richard GreenUsually, cities with lots of vacant housing have slow rent growth (or low rents), while lower vacancy rates are associated with higher rents. But many Indian cities have an unusual, seemingly paradoxical problem: high vacancy rates and high rents. Why? According to research by Dr. Sahil Gandhi and Professor Richard Green, a major contributor is insecure property rights — specifically, very strict rent control regulations and an inadequate supply of judges to rule in tenant eviction cases. We discuss how policies that increase risk and reduce profits — beyond a certain point, anyway — can lead some landlords to keep their units vacant...2022-10-1959 min
Sur-UrbanoAre compact cities always more productive? The case of Mexico, with Paavo MonkkonenIt has become common sense to assert that compact cities are better, among other things because agglomeration economies make them more productive. However, what if this apparently universal rule doesn’t always apply? In today’s episode, cohost David Lopez García and I talk to Prof. Paavo Monkkonen about an article he co-authored titled Compact cities and economic productivity in Mexico. We talk to Paavo about why Mexico’s economic structure and land-use needs mean that agglomeration economies don’t behave in the same way in Mexican cities as they do in the global north, and how this impacts th...2022-07-1349 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 11: COVID-19 and Renter Distress with Mike Manville and Paavo MonkkonenWe know that the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on many renters, with job and income losses piled on top of mental stress and the physical threat of deadly infection. Then add housing insecurity to the mix. The UCLA Lewis Center’s Mike Manville and Paavo Monkkonen join us as guests to talk about two recent surveys of LA County renters: How have they weathered the pandemic, and what do their answers tell us about the local and national policy response to the threat of widespread eviction?Show notes:Manville, M., Monkkonen, P., Lens, M...2021-09-2956 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 01: Evil Developers with Paavo MonkkonenWhich arguments against new housing are most effective? Residents were asked how they felt about a hypothetical housing development proposed nearby, then told about the concerns of some of their neighbors: traffic congestion, neighborhood character, strained services, or developer profit. Surprisingly, the developer profit argument was the most effective at reducing support for new housing, although opposition declined when residents were informed that the developers also provided community benefits with their projects. Paavo Monkkonen of UCLA joins us to discuss these and other findings from his research.Show notes: Monkkonen, P., & Manville, M. (2019). Opposition t...2021-04-2849 min
Lusk PerspectivesCOVID-19 and Renter DistressRichard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) is joined by Michael Lens (Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs), Michael Manville (Associate Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin), and Paavo Monkkonen (Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCLA Luskin) to discuss their joint study on renter distress during the COVID-19 crisis. Among its many findings, the study illustrates that though many households are making rent payments, tenants may be using other means of credit or cutting basic needs spending to do so.2020-11-131h 00
Puro Policy Pari PodcastOur Housing Crisis with UCLA Professor Paavo Monkkonen: The End of Single Family Zoning?Today we are joined by UCLA Urban Planning Professor Paavo Monkkonen. Why is California housing so expensive? What is causing gentrification in low-income communities? Where do we go from here? A bit more info on our regional planning organization, the Southern California Association of Governments Monkkonen’s recent study on the viability of 4-plex development And most controversially, the End of Single Family Zoning Audio Track: Apollo Bebop - You aint got to worry Audio Engineer: Edgar Silva with Iron Lion Studios2020-07-2200 min
LA PodcastSCAG ME TO HELLAlissa tells a harrowing LA Story, Northridgers have a meltdown about a rapid bus line, local officials don't do much about Trump's announced ICE raids, the LA Times laments the loss of Weird LA, and DR. PAAVO MONKKONEN (@elpaavo), Associate Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA's Luskin School, joins the show to tell stories from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)'s efforts to figure out how much housing cities need to build.
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