Ep 102: Minimum Standards vs. Affordability with Benjamin Schneider (Incentives Series pt. 5)

We’ve been grappling with trade-offs between stricter building codes and declining affordability for over 100 years. Benjamin Schneider helps us trace the history. This is part 5 of our series on misaligned incentives in housing policy. Show notes: Schneider, B. (2025). The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. Island Press. Schneider, B. (2025 September 22). 106 Years Ago She Predicted Today’s Housing Crisis. What if we’d Listened? Planetizen. Wood, E. E. (1919). The Housing of the Unskilled Wage Earner: America's Next Problem. The MacMillan Company. Riis, J. A. (1890). How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York. Charles Scribner’s Sons. A brief history of tenements in the US.

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Ep 102: Minimum Standards vs. Affordability with Benjamin Schneider (Incentives Series pt. 5) is an episode from UCLA Housing Voice by UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.

This episode is 55:33 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2025.

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