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Then & NowSpecial Episode: Plenary Address from the Urban History AssociationIn this week’s episode of then & now, David Myers moderates a panel discussion from the recent Urban History Association meeting in Los Angeles. The panel discussed two important questions: What is distinctive about Los Angeles as an urban experience and experiment? And what does L.A. tell us or teach us about urban life at this critical moment in U.S. history?Panelists included a mix of distinguished experts and commentators: historian Becky Nicolaides, L.A. Times journalist Gustavo Arellano, architect Brenda Levin, and political scientist Raphael J. Sonenshein. Historian Becky Nicolaides traces L.A.’s...
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UCLA Housing VoiceEp 95: Low-Rise Multifamily with Tobias PeterSeattle’s low-rise multifamily zones have produced more than 20,000 townhomes over the past 30 years. Tobias Peter discusses the impacts on affordability, homeownership, and more — including lessons for other cities.Show notes:Peter, T., Pinto, E., & Tracy, J. (2025). Low-Rise Multifamily and Housing Supply: A Case Study of Seattle. Journal of Housing Economics, 102082.The full catalog of AEI Housing Supply Case Studies.The Urban Institute study on upzoning effectiveness: Stacy, C., Davis, C., Freemark, Y. S., Lo, L., MacDonald, G., Zheng, V., & Pendall, R. (2023). Land-use reforms and housing costs: Does allowing for increased density lead to grea...
2025-07-301h 05Then & NowWhy History Matters: L.A. Wildfires Past, Present, and FutureIn this week’s episode of then & now, we present a recording of a recent panel discussion focusing on L.A. wildfires past, present, and future. This program is part of the “Why History Matters” series presented by the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department of History—a series dedicated to the belief that historical knowledge is an indispensable, and often missing, ingredient in public debate.”Why History Matters: L.A. Wildfires Past, Present, and Future,” brought experts together to explore how historical and indigenous perspectives can reshape our understanding of wildfires, especially in light of the devastating...
2025-05-211h 07UCLA Housing VoiceEp 86: Where the Hood At? with Mike LensHow have conditions changed since 1970 in neighborhoods where Black residents are the largest racial or ethnic group? Mike Lens wrote a whole book on the subject: Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods. He takes the guest mic to share what he learned.Book summary: Substantial gaps exist between Black Americans and other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., most glaringly Whites, across virtually all quality-of-life indicators. Despite strong evidence that neighborhood residence affects life outcomes, we lack a comprehensive picture of Black neighborhood conditions and how they have...
2025-02-191h 17UCLA Housing VoiceEncore Episode: Family-Friendly Urbanism with Louis ThomasIn most of the U.S., cities are for singles, roommates, and childless couples, and the suburbs are for raising kids. That’s not true of much of the rest of the world, and perhaps the nearest example of family-friendly urbanism can be found just a few miles to the north, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver’s under-15 population fell by one percent citywide between 1996 and 2016, but in downtown specifically, its youth population nearly tripled. Louis Thomas, lecturer at Georgetown University and a parent himself, joins us this week to discuss the history, policies, and social infrastructure that have enab...
2024-12-251h 07Then & NowContinuity and Change: The Fairfax District and What it Tells us about LA. A Conversation with Stephanie Zager, Michaela Esposito, and Ella KittIn this week’s episode of then & now, UCLA undergraduates Stephanie Zager, Michaela Esposito, and Ella Kitt join us to discuss the results of their LCHP report on the evolution of the Fairfax District in Los Angeles. The three researchers chronicle the district's rise and decline against the backdrop of the inevitable ebbs and flows of urban change. Influenced by migration patterns, economic development, and demographic shifts, Fairfax’s identity and outside perception have evolved significantly throughout its history. To understand this evolution better, Stephanie, Michaela, and Ella explored the policies and political initiatives within and outside the neighborhood, cond...
2024-12-1841 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 83: Local Effects of Upzoning with Simon Büchler and Elena LutzUrban upzonings have been rare across the world, and many of the most significant occurred only in the past 5–10 years or less. One exception is the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, where cities and towns have been relaxing land use restrictions for over 25 years. Simon Büchler and Elena Lutz share their research on the long-term effects of these reforms on housing supply and rents, and the kinds of zoning changes that produce real-world results.Show notes:Büchler, S., & Lutz, E. (2024). Making housing affordable? The local effects of relaxing land-use regulation. Journal of Urban Econ...
2024-12-111h 01UCLA Housing VoiceEp 81: How New Zealand Passed Its Ambitious Zoning Reforms with Eleanor WestIn a previous episode we discussed Auckland’s unprecedented upzoning and its effect on housing production and land prices. This time we’re joined by Eleanor West to talk about the political, social, and economic conditions that made the reforms possible — not only in Auckland, but across New Zealand.Show notes:West, E. (2024). Up-zoning New Zealand: the localisation of a globally mobile policy idea (Policy paper no. 003). University of Auckland: Economic Policy Centre, Urban and Spatial Economics Hub. West, E., & Garlick, M. (2024). Upzoning New Zealand. Works in Progress.Episode 45 of UCLA Housing Voice with Ryan Gr...
2024-11-131h 10UCLA Housing VoiceEncore Episode: Market-Rate Development and Neighborhood Rents with Evan MastWe’ve long known that building more homes helps keep prices in check at the regional or metro area level, but what about the house down the street? Evan Mast shares two research studies that shed light on this important and controversial question. Originally aired in 2021. Updated show notes.Show notes:Mast, E. (2023). JUE Insight: The effect of new market-rate housing construction on the low-income housing market. Journal of Urban Economics, 133, 103383.Asquith, B. J., Mast, E., & Reed, D. (2023). Local effects of large new apartment buildings in low-income areas. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(2), 359-375.Br...
2024-09-1846 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 78: Building Height and Construction Costs with Anthony OrlandoBuilding taller lets us fit more homes on valuable urban land, but more homes doesn’t necessarily mean more affordable. Anthony Orlando joins to share his research on why taller isn’t always better — and the circumstances where it definitely is.Show notes:Eriksen, M. D., & Orlando, A. W. (2022). Returns to scale in residential construction: The marginal impact of building height. Real Estate Economics, 50(2), 534-564.Episode 69 of UCLA Housing Voice, with Mike Eriksen discussing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and “Crowd Out”Giuliano, G., Redfearn, C., Agarwal, A., & He, S. (2012). Network Accessibility and Employment...
2024-09-041h 03UCLA Housing VoiceEp 74: Racial (and Spatial) Disparities in Rental Assistance with Andrew FenelonBlack households make up a disproportionate share of rent assistance recipients. Andrew Fenelon discusses how a “two-tiered approach to housing support" favoring white homeowners helped create the disparity.Show notes:Fenelon, A. (2024). Race, housing policy, and the demographic and spatial structure of modern housing programs: Who receives rental assistance and where do they live? Journal of Urban Affairs, 46(5), 944-961.Streets.MN article about the Bryant Avenue Bike Path (with photos).Episode 17 of UCLA Housing Voice, discussing housing vouchers with Rob Collinson.Episode 37 of UCLA Housing Voice, discussing public housing with Akira Drake Rodriguez.Tax Po...
2024-07-1053 minThen & NowUnder the Heat Dome: A Conversation about Thermal Inequality with Bharat Venkat2023 marked the hottest year recorded in human history, with predictions indicating a worsening global trend. In early June 2024, southern California experienced an extreme heat dome, with temperatures rising into the triple digits. Currently, heat alerts affect over 16 million people across California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. This escalating situation is not confined to the United States nor limited to the present; it is a manifestation of the intensifying impacts of climate change. Regions previously unacquainted with extreme heat are struggling to adapt, while areas accustomed to high temperatures are becoming increasingly uninhabitable.Heat is not merely...
2024-06-1251 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 72: Notes on Tokyo’s Housing, Land Use, and Urban Planning with Shane PhillipsIn this episode, Shane combines insights from a recent trip to Tokyo with official data on housing production, affordability, land use policy, and more.Show notes:Twitter thread of photos and observations during my trip.Episode 16 of the UCLA Housing Voice Podcast with Jiro Yoshida, on Japanese Housing PolicyJapanese population by prefecture.JR East Yamanote Line timetable.Mainichi article on recovering transit ridership on the Yamanote Line.The myth of pedestrian infrastructure in a world of cars, by Joe Cortright in City Observatory.Data on housing starts vs. existing home sales in the US...
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Digital Salon PodcastLinguistic Transplants: Learning Nahuatl Language and Culture in Salt Lake City, UtahIn this episode, Rebecca Smith shares about the experience of learning an indigenous Mexican language in the high deserts of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2024-03-1424 minDigital Salon PodcastOn the Decolonizing Path with HuitlacocheIn this episode, Doğa Tekin sonically illustrates the work of People of Color Fungi Community, including Mario Ceballos, Cristina Juarez, Magdalena Ramirez, Olympia Beltran, and other organizers and participants in reintroducing huitlacoche to their community.
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2024-03-0719 minDigital Salon PodcastBanality of RedevelopmentIn this episode, Jason Araújo and Philip Salata explore the politics of memory and redevelopment in downtown San Diego.
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2024-02-2934 minDigital Salon PodcastDemon Hours at EldoIn this episode, Dayquan Moeller explores gender dynamics in Southern California skating culture.
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2024-02-2228 minDigital Salon PodcastReality(Place)Holder Pt. 2This is Part 2 of a two-part podcast focusing on the role of postcards as propaganda in Russia and Ukraine by Lena Pozdnyakova, Eldar Tagi, and a Russian historian who preferred to remain anonymous.
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2024-02-1522 minDigital Salon PodcastReality(Place)Holder Pt.1This is Part 1 of a two-part podcast focusing on the role of postcards as propaganda in Russia and Ukraine by Lena Pozdnyakova, Eldar Tagi, and a Russian historian who preferred to remain anonymous.
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2024-02-1322 minDigital Salon PodcastIntroduction to [dis/em/re/mis] placement - Digital Salon Season 3After a few years of hiatus, we are back with Season 3 of the Digital Salon Podcast! Join us as we explore the theme of [dis/em/re/mis] placement across shifting places, times, subjectivities, and modalities. This season we especially engage with sonic methods, both analytically and creatively, to shape the stories shared in each podcast.
Episode 1 will be available Tuesday February 13th. All other episodes will be released every Thursday.
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UCLA Housing VoiceEp 64: Ending Family Homelessness with Beth Shinn (Pathways Home pt. 4)“We have the resources, as a society, to prevent and end homelessness. And the knowledge.” Beth Shinn discusses the Family Options Study, which found that long-term housing subsidies, like housing vouchers, led to much better outcomes at similar cost compared to rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and “usual care.” Show notes:Gubits, D., Shinn, M., Wood, M., Bell, S., Dastrup, S., Solari, C., Brown, S., McInnis, D., McCall, T., & Kattel, U. (2016). Family options study: 3-year impacts of housing and services interventions for homeless families. Available at SSRN 3055295.Shinn, M., & Khadduri, J. (2020). In the midst of plenty...
2024-01-1056 min
UCLA Housing VoiceEp 61: Homelessness is a Housing Problem with Gregg Colburn (Pathways Home pt.1)Part one of Pathways Home, a six-part series on homelessness. Gregg Colburn, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, dispels myths about the causes of homelessness and identifies two key risk factors that explain why rates vary so much between cities: high rents and low vacancies.Show notes:Colburn, G., & Aldern, C. P. (2022). Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How structural factors explain US patterns. University of California Press.O’Flaherty, B. (2004). Wrong person and wrong place: For homelessness, the conjunction is what matters. Journal of Housing Economics, 13(1), 1-15.Glaeser, E. L., & Gyourko, J. (2005). Urban de...
2023-11-291h 06UCLA Housing VoiceEp 60: Housing Production and Rent Assistance Savings with Kevin CorinthHousing scarcity is linked to higher rents and house prices, but it’s rarely connected to the cost and reach of safety net programs — and it should be. Kevin Corinth joins to share his research on how increasing housing production in supply-constrained cities can help the government serve many more households with rent assistance.Show notes:Corinth, K., & Irvine, A. (2023). JUE Insight: The Effect of Relaxing Local Housing Market Regulations on Federal Rental Assistance Programs. Journal of Urban Economics, 103572.Molloy, R., Nathanson, C. G., & Paciorek, A. (2022). Housing supply and affordability: Evidence from rents, housing cons...
2023-11-011h 07Then & NowUrban Spaces Past and Present: A Conversation with Monica SmithMore than half the world’s population currently lives in cities, and current estimates suggest that by 2050 nearly 7 out of every 10 people will live in urban spaces. In an increasingly crowded and urbanized world, space has become a precious commodity. As a species, we seem drawn to cities, despite their obvious disadvantages. From the ancient cities of Southeast Asia to the crowded streets of modern Los Angeles, cities offer opportunities for interactions that wouldn’t be possible in urban areas. In this episode, we sit down with Professor Monica Smith, who shares her perspective on the importance of infrastructure and...
2023-10-1139 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 58: Housing Choice and Public Health with Craig Pollack, MDHow does the neighborhood you live in affect your health? Craig Pollack, MD, joins to discuss the relationship between neighborhood poverty and asthma symptoms, the medical establishment’s growing role in the housing sector, and how better housing policy can lead to improved public health.Show notes:Pollack, C. E., Roberts, L. C., Peng, R. D., Cimbolic, P., Judy, D., Balcer-Whaley, S., ... & Matsui, E. C. (2023). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. JAMA, 329(19), 1671-1681.Sanbonmatsu, L., J. Ludwig, L. F. Katz, L. A. Gennetian, G. J. Duncan, R. C. Ke...
2023-09-0658 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 56: Property Rights and Public Health in Nairobi, Kenya with Singumbe MuyebaStudies in Latin America show that “secure tenure” —- protections against displacement by the government — can encourage resident-led development and economic growth in slum areas, as well as improve public health. Is the same true in the African context? And what happens if the government also provides quality, affordable housing along with secure tenure? Singumbe Muyeba joins us to share the results of his research on a slum upgrading program in Nairobi, Kenya.Show notes:Muyeba, S. (2023). Property rights and health for the urban housing poor in Nairobi: Evidence from a phased-in natural experiment. Journal...
2023-08-0958 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 53: Informal Housing and Remaking Single-Family Neighborhoods with Vinit Mukhija (pt. 1)Does your neighbor have an unpermitted home in their backyard? It’s more likely than you think, and it may be filling a valuable niche in the housing market. Vinit Mukhija of the UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning joins us to talk about his new book, Remaking the American Dream, and how informal and incremental housing is reshaping single-family neighborhoods. This is part one of a two-part series; in part two we’ll get into the weeds on accessory dwelling units (aka backyard cottages, granny flats, etc.) and debate the merits of state intervention in local housing policy.
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Our Children Can't WaitWe Can Solve the Youth Homelessness CrisisJoe Bishop navigates student homelessness with researchers Dr. Matthew Morton and Dr. Earl J. Edwards, an issue that ties together many of the episodes’ previous topics.Both guests share their personal experiences with homelessness as students. They outline misconceptions and stigmas that we may have about the topic. Homelessness impacts one million young people in the US. How did this happen? Actually, by design. Homelessness is a result of series of interconnected systems that we can reform by making homelessness a policy issue and not a job for charities to solve. Why does homel...
2023-05-3139 minOur Children Can't WaitHow Housing Policies are Shaping Individual Rights, Education and VotingJoe Bishop explores housing policy with researcher Megan Gallagher. With expertise in metropolitan housing policies and educational policies, Megan Gallagher’s research formst a crucial intersection for two issues that are not often connected. It has become clear that communication between the two sectors is crucial for students and communities to thrive in the current housing crisis. Megan shares how her own upbringing used housing as the foundation for her educational journey and success.How do housing policies impact child development? What role has land ownership played in our country’s individual rights? Find o...
2023-04-2630 min
Bruin SuccessCorey Matthews '10, M.A. '11, Vice President of Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & CoCorey currently serves as a Vice President of Global Philanthropy with JPMorgan Chase & Co where he helps to manage a grant portfolio in Los Angeles that aligns with the strategic impact objectives of the company. He also plays a key role in building partnerships to bolster the company's overarching Corporate Responsibility initiatives in the region. Previously, Corey served as the Chief Operating Officer of Community Coalition - a permanent community-based institution in South Los Angeles - where he participated on the executive team to advance a robust policy agenda, direct operations, guide organization-wide strategic planning processes and launch key...
2023-04-1241 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 47: Geographies of Gentrification with Hyojung LeeDoes gentrification lead to increased displacement of vulnerable low-income households? To date, research findings have been surprisingly mixed. One explanation may be that most gentrification studies focus on individual cities, which vary substantially from place to place, or the entire U.S., which may overlook local or regional differences. Hyojung Lee joins us to discuss his new study with coauthor Kristin Perkins which categorizes the country into eight unique geographies according to shared characteristics, searching for differences in how gentrification impacts displacement of low-income households. It persuasively finds that gentrification does lead to more household moves — and importantly, more do...
2023-04-051h 12Our Children Can't WaitReclaiming the Purpose of Public EducationJoe Bishop examines dismantling systemic racism with educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.Rooted in his lived experiences, Dr. Howard reflects on the inequities embedded in predominantly Black communities and schools. He was taught that education was the path to transformation for himself, his community, and the country, which has informed his life work as an educator. His philosophy is that schools are where young people learn how to be citizens and have a direct impact on our society as a whole. What is the role of education policies in structural racism? Why d...
2023-03-2940 minOur Children Can't WaitRedesigning Schools & Policies for the Whole Child PT. 1Joe Bishop discusses whole child education with education scholar Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond.Early in Dr. Darling-Hammond’s career, she taught at “big urban factory model high schools” and found that schools themselves are not designed for students to be successful. This set her on a path to work with educators and policymakers to redesign schools that empower students.What is the science of learning? What are the pathways to stronger academic learning? How are schools being redesigned? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.Special Guest: Dr. Lind...
2023-03-1519 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 45: What Happened When Auckland Upzoned Everywhere with Ryan Greenaway-McGrevyIn 2016, Auckland, New Zealand did something nearly unprecedented in the English-speaking world: It upzoned the majority of land in the city, and not just for three or four units per parcel. They went much further than that, and by one estimate increased the legal capacity for housing in the city by 300%. The goal of the reform, known as the Auckland Unitary Plan, was to increase production of multifamily housing and slow or stop rapidly rising housing prices. Did they succeed? Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy has published several studies on the results approximately five years later, and the news is quite good...
2023-03-081h 14Our Children Can't WaitThere's No Racial Justice Without CommunityJoe Bishop takes a closer look into racial equity, testing in schools, and how issues play out differently in urban and rural America with educators and researchers Dr. Sonya Douglass and Anna Kushner.Dr. Douglass and Anna, in many ways, have opposite backgrounds. Dr. Douglas is the product of the fifth largest school district in the country in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anna grew up in rural Virginia. However, both became educators and invested in addressing inequality. Their research focuses on communities. Much of education centers around the individual and individual achievement over community well-being, which is...
2023-03-0838 minOur Children Can't WaitWe Are All PolicymakersJoe Bishop introduces Our Children Can't Wait podcast series about the systems and structures that keep our kids from flourishing with the help of the educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.Dr. Howard interviews Joe about his inspiration for the book and podcast. After years of observing a professional disconnect between education issues and students’ living situations and environments, Joe wanted to create a policy playbook compiled by the top experts in the country to showcase how policy includes more than standards, teacher preparation, higher education, and accountability. Who are policymakers? What happens whe...
2023-02-1524 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 38: The Housing Supply-Migration-Income Relationship with Peter GanongPrior to 1980, per-capita income gaps between poor states and rich states were persistently shrinking, driven by the migration of lower-income, less skilled workers to higher-paying regions. Since then, this “regional income convergence” phenomenon has declined. What happened? As always, there’s a housing story to tell. Peter Ganong joins us to discuss his (and coauthor Daniel Shoag’s) research into the relationship between land use regulation, housing supply, household migration, and income. Their troubling finding: it no longer makes sense for many lower-income households to move to states with higher-paying jobs — after accounting for housing costs, some are actually worse off...
2022-11-301h 04Then & NowThe Racial Politics of Historic Preservation in in Los Angeles: A Conversation with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Hao DingAt first glance, historic preservation seems to be a key part of good urban planning. But whom does historic preservation actually serve? In this week’s episode, our guests discuss their recent LCHP report that analyzes the power dynamics behind historic preservation. They look at the way in which historic preservation norms have been applied as an instrument of cultural control in three Southern California communities with large Asian-American populations. At the end of the day, they pose the question of whether historic preservation should be seen as an instrument of good planning or a form of cultural imperialism?
2022-11-0727 minUCLA 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 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 35: Landlord Regulation and Unintended Consequences with Meredith GreifHow do we respond when regulations intended to help vulnerable tenants end up disadvantaging them even further? Professor Meredith Greif joins us to discuss her research and new book, Collateral Damages: Landlords and the Urban Housing Crisis, which explores how penalties levied against landlords can lead to stricter screening, harassment, and informal eviction of renters who may already struggle to find adequate housing. Far from proposing that we do away with tenant protections, Greif asks us to consider the trade-offs inherent in many policy decisions. Before we can come up with better solutions, we first need to grapple with...
2022-10-051h 00UCLA Housing VoiceEp 33: Housing Transfer Taxes with Tuukka SaarimaaIn recent years, many cities have turned to real estate transfer taxes to capture a share of price appreciation and generate revenues for public purposes. Transfer taxes are relatively popular with voters, and they are easy to collect, but they also have disadvantages compared to property taxes and land value taxes. (Shane has also endorsed higher, more progressive transfer taxes in Los Angeles.) Professor Tuukka Saarimaa joins us to discuss one such drawback from his research in Helsinki, Finland: by increasing the cost of moving, transfer taxes may reduce household mobility, making it less likely that people will live...
2022-09-0757 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 32: Chile’s “Enabling Markets” Policy with Diego GilStarting in the 1970s, the Pinochet dictatorship overhauled its housing policies in an effort “to transform Chile from a nation of proletarios (proletarians) to one of propietarios (property owners).” To achieve that goal, and others, Chile adopted what the World Bank would later call an “enabling markets” policy — an approach that reduced the role of government in housing provision and delegated more authority to the private sector. These reforms had far-reaching consequences, not only within Chile but beyond its borders as other nations followed its lead. Diego Gil joins us to share the history of the enabling markets approach and its im...
2022-08-241h 03
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Am 1. Januar 1801 entdeckt der italienische Astronom Giuseppe Piazzi einen neuen Planeten – jedenfalls glaubt er das. Mehrere Jahre hatten Astronomen schon nach dem Himmelskörper gesucht, der sich zwischen den Bahnen von Mars und Jupiter verstecken soll. Die Freude über den Fund ist allerdings nicht von Dauer: Bald stellt sich heraus, dass er nur einer von vielen kleinen Asteroiden ist, die auf ähnlichen Bahnen um die Sonne kreisen. Ceres verschwindet in Folge für fast 200 Jahre aus...
2022-07-1459 min
Everything Co-op with Vernon OakesProf Chris Tilly & UCLA Students discuss Community Development Project in Crenshaw South Central, LAJune 30, 2022
Chris Tilly, Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology at UCLA, with several of his graduate students: Geoff Gusoff, Eliza Jane Franklin, and Ernest Johnson, discuss their Co-op Community Development Capstone Project, in Crenshaw, South Central, LA.
Chris Tilly holds a joint Ph.D. in Economics and Urban Studies and Planning from MIT. For over thirty years, Tilly has conducted research on bad jobs and how to make them better. His current research includes ongoing examination of how implementation of digital technologies is transforming US retail jobs, as well as separate research on informal worker organizing around the world. Prior...
2022-07-0950 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 27: Minimum Lot Size Reform with M. Nolan Gray“Find ways to give vocal minorities opt-out mechanisms where they can have some of the land use rules that they want, but they don’t get to drag the whole city down with them.” That’s one of Nolan Gray’s primary lessons from the success of minimum lot size reform in Houston, and a prescription for land use reform more generally. Houston’s reform, which took place in 1998, reduced the minimum parcel size for new homes from 5,000 to just 1,400 square feet per unit, and it’s produced tens of thousands of low-cost townhome-style houses in the city’s “inner loop.” It al...
2022-06-151h 14UCLA Housing VoiceEp 24: Mass Production and Suburbanization in Mexico with Dinorah GonzálezHow do developers choose where to build? We need to know the answer to make good policy, and our policy choices may determine whether housing developments advance economic and racial integration, access to opportunity, and sustainability, or they exacerbate segregation, stagnation, and environmental destruction. Dr. Dinorah González of Universidad Iberoamericana joins us to discuss her research into this question in Tijuana, Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of homes were built for low-income households as a result of a nationwide quasi-public mortgage program, INFONAVIT. The program had immense consequences for where people lived and the jobs, schools, and amenities t...
2022-04-131h 02UCLA Housing VoiceEp 22: How Housing Shapes Transportation Choices with Adam Millard-BallDo people drive less because they live in buildings that don’t provide parking, or do they live in buildings that don’t provide parking because they drive less? That question has huge implications for how we build and rebuild our cities, yet researchers have struggled for decades to answer it conclusively. UCLA professor Adam Millard-Ball joins us to discuss new research that finally — we hope — puts the question to bed. Taking advantage of San Francisco’s affordable housing lottery, Millard-Ball and colleagues find that (as-good-as-)randomly assigning tenants to different buildings and neighborhoods has substantial impacts on their transporta...
2022-03-1651 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 21: What to Do About Homelessness with Beth Shinn“We have the resources, as a society, to prevent and end homelessness. And the knowledge,” according to Beth Shinn, professor at Vanderbilt University and co-author of In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What To Do About It. So what would that look like? In this conversation, we discuss the Family Options Study, a randomized-controlled trial that evaluated different strategies for addressing family homelessness. The study compared long-term housing subsidies — primarily housing vouchers, which help households pay their rent — with rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and “usual care,” finding that vouchers led to much better outcomes at similar cost to the other op...
2022-03-0258 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 20: Social Housing in France with Magda MaaouiSocial housing — homes reserved for lower- and middle-income households — has recently become something of a cause célèbre among left-leaning North American housing advocates. Given that, where better to look for guidance than in France? The SRU Law (Loi Solidarité et Renouvellement Urbain, or Solidarity and Urban Renewal) was adopted 20 years ago, requiring many French municipalities to increase their social housing stock to 20%, and later 25%, of all housing. The law has been successful, especially in Paris, but many urban areas continue to hold out, preferring to pay a fee to the national government rather than meet their social housing...
2022-02-161h 02UCLA Housing VoiceEp 19: Community Finance and Slum Upgrading in Bangkok with Hayden ShelbyThe international tour continues! This week we interviewed Hayden Shelby, Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati, about her research into the Baan Mankong (“Secure Housing”) program in Bangkok, Thailand. Built on the principles of community organizing, finance, and ownership, Baan Mankong has been celebrated as a global model of participatory slum/settlement upgrading for developing countries. But for all its successes, the program is not without its drawbacks, raising difficult questions about the balance between empowerment of poor residents on one hand, and the shirking of state responsibilities on the other. The lessons being learned in Thailand also have...
2022-02-021h 02UCLA Housing VoiceEp 18: Vacant Houses with Jake WegmannVacant houses are often pointed to as a symptom (or cause) of the housing crisis, but what do we really know about them? Where are they located; who lives in them; how many are there? In this conversation we explore foundational, data-driven research on the nature of vacancies in cities and neighborhoods across the U.S. with Professor Jake Wegmann of the University of Texas at Austin. We focus on “ghost dwellings” — houses that are vacant most of the year and primarily seasonal or recreational in use — and discuss their surprising distribution around the country and within cities, what may be d...
2022-01-191h 03UCLA Housing VoiceEp 15: The Legacy of Redlining with Jacob FaberIn the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) was created to protect households from foreclosure and in some cases repurchase homes they’d already lost. As a part of its efforts, HOLC created “residential security maps” to categorize neighborhoods by lending risk, with low-risk neighborhoods shaded in green and blue, and high-risk neighborhoods colored in yellow and red. These infamous maps are where we get the familiar term, “redlining,” and they helped institutionalize America’s racialized housing market. Jacob Faber, Associate Professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Servi...
2021-11-2458 minThen & NowRevisited - Distinct Histories, Shared Struggles: A Conversation with Prof. Kyle Mays about Indigenous Peoples DayThis revisited episode originally aired on October 12th, 2020, marking Indigenous Peoples Day. Professor Kyle T. Mays, historian and scholar of Afro-Indigenous studies, urban history, and Indigenous popular culture at UCLA, joins Then & Now to discuss the history and significance of the day, as well as his scholarship tracking the parallel and often intersecting histories of Indigenous and African American communities in the United States. He discusses moments of historical conflict and collaboration between the two communities, and how the shared experience of oppression can support a common agenda for justice today.November is Native American Heritage Month...
2021-11-1540 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 14: Family-Friendly Urbanism with Louis ThomasIn most of the U.S., cities are for singles, roommates, and childless couples, and the suburbs are for raising kids. That’s not true of much of the rest of the world, and perhaps the nearest example of family-friendly urbanism can be found just a few miles to the north, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver’s under-15 population fell by one percent citywide between 1996 and 2016, but in downtown specifically, its youth population nearly tripled. Louis Thomas, lecturer at Georgetown University and a parent himself, joins us this week to discuss the history, policies, and social infrastructure that have enab...
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Works In ProgressD’Artagnan Scorza: Education as a tool for justice and empowermentIn July of 2020, soon after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police along with the murder of many other Black men and women, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established an anti-racist County policy agenda. They also created an executive director of racial equity position for Los Angeles County with a charge of creating a strategic plan to eliminate structural racism and bias in the county, and appointed D’Artagnan Scorza to fill that role.Scorza is a long-time justice activist who views education as a tool for civic and social empowerment. Af...
2021-11-0334 minUCLA Housing VoiceEp 13: State Housing Mandates with Nicholas Marantz and Huixin ZhengCities across the country have dropped the ball when it comes to planning for and building housing at all income levels — especially housing affordable to low-income residents. In response, many states have intervened. The form these interventions take varies from place to place, however, with Northeastern states relying on legal appeals by developers to deliver low-income homes, and Western states mandating local planning processes to achieve similar ends. How is that going? Professor Nicholas Marantz and Dr. Huixin Zheng join us this week to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these different approaches, and reforms that could make them wo...
2021-10-271h 15UCLA Housing VoiceEp 09: Neighborhood Perceptions with Prentiss DantzlerInstitutions like the U.S. Census Bureau offer us a wealth of statistics about the places people live: household incomes; demographics like race, ethnicity, age, and gender; how many people own or rent their homes, how much they pay, and where they moved from. We know much less about how people perceive their neighborhoods — how they feel about the places they live, regardless of their objective conditions, and how that affects their ability or willingness to stay. What do we miss when we overlook these subjective feelings and impressions? Dr. Prentiss Dantzler of the University of Toronto joins us to...
2021-09-0157 minDigital Salon Podcast"Who is the We in Diaspora?"And for our 12th episode, Dr. Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Assistant Professor of Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona and a founding faculty of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative composes a sonic exploration of Asian American and diasporic collective identity through a chorus of sixteen different voices, recorded shortly after the Atlanta shootings of six Asian spa workers.
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