Ep. 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn

UCLA Housing Voice by UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Aug 19, 202669:30Science & Medicine

Why is exclusionary zoning, which restricts land to expensive single-family houses, so commonplace in the US compared to other countries? Alexander Sahn shares strong evidence that local responses to a wave of migration...

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