UCLA Housing Voice

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? Seva Rodnyansky shares findings

Ep. 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? Alexander Sahn shares strong evi

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 what happens after you leg

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 suggesting that the impacts extend

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 main arguments. Read about t

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 how agencies can think about pr

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 answer hinges not on who l

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.  Read about the Lewi

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 and Aaron Barrall explore the

Ep 114: 'Stuck' Book Club pt. 2 with Giselle Hale

Part 2 of our book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck', covering chapters 5–8. Giselle Hale joins us for the walkthrough, sharing her perspective as a

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 explores how cities and develope

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 Opportunity.'

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. This is part 11 of our series on

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 made a big splash. This is part

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? Read about the Lewis Center's work

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 prosperity rental housing. Read

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 alternative that captures the best quali

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 oversupplied in the mid-2000s? Kevin

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 of present-day affordability

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, managing transportation systems i