Ep. 122: An Overview of Preapproved Building Plan Programs with Seva Rodnyansky
Preapproved plan programs promise to speed up permitting and lower the cost of building new homes. How do they work—and are they working? Se...
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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 center...
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20 of 133 episodesEp. 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn
Why is exclusionary zoning, which restricts land to expensive single-family houses, so commonplace in the US compared to other countries? Al...
YIMBY Country with Michael Andersen
This episode features clips from a few episodes of Michael Andersen's one-shot podcast series, YIMBY Country: "A podcast mini-series about w...
Ep 120: How Exclusionary Zoning Hurts Poor Neighborhoods with Matthew Mleczko
When cities adopt exclusionary zoning, their housing stock becomes scarcer and less affordable over time. Matt Mleczko shares research sugge...
Ep. 119: Responding to Supply Skepticism with Vicki Been
Supply skeptics don’t believe that building more homes improves affordability. Vicki Been tells us what the latest research says about their...
Ep. 118: Road Scholars on Microtransit with Michael Hyland
Transit agencies are using microtransit services to increase the reach and access of their overall service. We talk with Mike Hyland about h...
Ep. 117: Road Scholars on Density, Displacement, and Driving with Dan Chatman
Does building housing near rail stations reduce driving, even if it prices out lower-income residents? Dan Chatman's research suggests the a...
Ep. 116: ‘Stuck’ Book Club pt. 3 with Yoni Appelbaum
Part 3 of our book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck', covering chapters 9–10. Appelbaum himself joins us to wrap up the series. Show n...
Ep. 115: Road Scholars on Major Transit Stops with Jacob Wasserman and Aaron Barrall
California created a definition for major transit stops in state code and ties this definition to a lot of housing policies. Jacob Wasserman...
Ep. 114: 'Stuck' Book Club pt. 2 with Giselle Hale
Why does the housing market seem so broken? And what can we do about it? UCLA Housing Voice tackles these questions in conversation with lea...
Ep. 113: Road Scholars on Parking Requirements with UC(LA)'s Amy Lee
California passed a landmark law in 2022 prohibiting cities from mandating minimum parking requirements near major transit stops. Amy Lee ex...
Ep. 112: 'Stuck' Book Club pt. 1 with Attorney General Rob Bonta
We're doing a three-part book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opp...
Ep. 111: Land Value Tax Would Fix This with Lars Doucet (Incentives Series pt. 11)
We close out the Incentives Series with Lars Doucet offering a primer on land value taxes, the ultimate incentive-aligned housing policy. Th...
Ep. 110: The Measure ULA Episode with Jason Ward and Mott Smith (Incentives Series pt. 10)
We're joined by our co-authors to discuss a few Lewis Center studies on Measure ULA, a transfer tax in the city of Los Angeles, that ma...
Ep. 109: The Renter Wealth Creation Fund with Chris Herrmann
Enterprise Community Partners has been running a renter wealth-building program since 2022. How’s it going? And what comes next? Show notes:...
Ep. 108: Building Wealth by Renting with Shane Phillips and Bob Simpson
Joined by a 20-year veteran of Fannie Mae, Shane shares findings from his work on a proposed new model for building renter wealth: shared pr...
Ep. 107: A Better Mortgage with Kevin Erdmann (Incentives Series pt. 9)
Fixed-rate mortgages are expensive, but adjustable-rate mortgages are volatile — but do they have to be? Kevin Erdmann pitches an alternativ...
Highlights: Ep. 106. Mortgage Lending Standards with Kevin Erdmann
This is the shortened "highlights" version of episode 106. You can listen to the full interview here . Was the housing market really oversup...
Ep. 106: Mortgage Lending Standards with Kevin Erdmann (Incentives Series pt. 8)
Was the housing market really oversupplied in the mid-2000s? Kevin Erdmann says no, and he explains how this misunderstanding is at the root...
Ep. 105: Shane Talks Housing on Lusk Perspectives
Shane makes a guest appearance on USC's Lusk Perspectives to talk state housing law, barriers to missing middle housing and condos, man...