UCLA Housing Voice

Jan 22 2025 90 ep. 61 mins 123
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Why does the housing market seem so broken? And what can we do about it? UCLA Housing Voice tackles these questions in conversation with leading housing researchers, with each episode centered on a study and its implications for creating more affordable and accessible communities.

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Ep. 84: A Review of Rent Control Research with Konstantin Kholodilin

Jan 22 2025 66 mins  
Rent control is one of the most hotly debated housing policies, and also one of the most researched. Konstantin Kholodilin reviewed over 200 rent control studies, dating back decades and spanning six continents, and he joins us to give an overview of their results.Show notes:Kholodilin, K. A. (2024). Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research: An almost complete re

Encore Episode: Family-Friendly Urbanism with Louis Thomas

Dec 25 2024 67 mins  
In 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

Ep 83: Local Effects of Upzoning with Simon Büchler and Elena Lutz

Dec 11 2024 61 mins  
Urban 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 rent

Ep. 82: Lessons From the UK Housing Shortage with Anthony Breach

Nov 27 2024 63 mins  
What happens to housing quality and affordability when any proposed development can be vetoed? Can the public sector reliably deliver most of the housing that people need? If it can, should it? Ant Breach shares insights from the Centre for Cities’ report on the United Kingdom’s homebuilding crisis.Show notes:Watling, S., & Breach, A. (2023). The housebuilding crisis: The U

Ep 81: How New Zealand Passed Its Ambitious Zoning Reforms with Eleanor West

Nov 13 2024 70 mins  
In 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 glob

Ep 80: Inclusionary Housing Goes International with Anna Granath Hansson

Oct 30 2024 58 mins  
Inclusionary zoning policies are commonly used to produce affordable housing and “social mix” in the U.S., but what about in Europe, where public housing and strong social welfare programs have historically met those needs? Anna Granath Hansson shares research on emerging inclusionary housing policies in the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.Show notes:Grana

Ep 79: Who Pays For Inclusionary Zoning with Shane Phillips

Oct 16 2024 67 mins  
Inclusionary 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 Inclusiona

Encore Episode: Inclusionary Zoning with Emily Hamilton

Oct 02 2024 65 mins  
Cities have lived with exclusionary zoning for decades, if not generations. Is inclusionary zoning the answer? Inclusionary zoning, or IZ, requires developers to set aside a share of units in new buildings for low- or moderate-income households, seeking to increase the supply of affordable homes and integrate neighborhoods racially and socioeconomically. But how well does it accomp

Encore Episode: Market-Rate Development and Neighborhood Rents with Evan Mast

Sep 18 2024 46 mins  
We’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 constructi

Ep 78: Building Height and Construction Costs with Anthony Orlando

Sep 04 2024 63 mins  
Building 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