UCLA Housing Voice

Oct 30 2024 85 ep. 61 mins 116

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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 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

Ep 77: Upzoning With Strings Attached with Jacob Krimmel and Maxence Valentin

Aug 21 2024 60 mins

Changing zoning rules to allow taller and denser buildings may cause land values to go up, and public officials may try to “capture” this added value by requiring affordable units in new developments. But what happens when costs and benefits are out of balance? Seattle offers a cautionary tale.Show notes:Krimmel, J., & Wang, B. (2023). Upzoning With Strings Attached: Eviden

Ep 76: How Housing Supply Responds to Rising Demand with Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Aug 07 2024 65 mins

When the demand for housing rises, which kinds of neighborhoods respond by building more homes, and which just get more expensive? Nathaniel Baum-Snow joins to discuss his research on the different responses of urban, suburban, and exurban neighborhoods, and the many forms “supply” can take.Show notes:Baum-Snow, N., & Han, L. (2024). The Microgeography of Housing Supply. Jo

Ep 75: Segregating the Built Environment with Ann Owens

Jul 24 2024 60 mins

We 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

Ep 74: Racial (and Spatial) Disparities in Rental Assistance with Andrew Fenelon

Jul 10 2024 53 mins

Black 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 liv

Ep 73: French For-Profit Social Housing Developers with Julie Pollard

Jun 26 2024 67 mins

Before the 2000s, French real estate developers were prohibited from building social housing. Today, they build more than half of it. Julie Pollard shares how two seemingly unrelated policies came together to make this rapid shift possible.Show notes:Pollard, J. (2023). The political conditions of the rise of real-estate developers in French housing policies. Environment and Planni