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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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- 3 weeks ago1h 6m
Ep. 125: Single-Family Rentals and School Access with Tom Mayock
Single-family rentals have a bad rap, but they also have underappreciated benefits. Tom Mayock shares how places with a bigger single-family rental stock provide better access to high quality schools for disadvantaged kids. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Mayock, T., & Vosters, K. (2024). Single‐family rentals as a p...
- Sep 30, 20261h 13m
Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Rapid rehousing provides short-term rental assistance to help people experiencing homelessness find market-rate housing. Brian Blackwell shares new research finding that it may be more effective than we thought. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Blackwell, B., & Gross, M. (2026). Does Rapid Re-Housing reduce homelessness? Jo...
- Sep 16, 20261h 22m
Ep. 123: Implementing Preapproved Plan Programs with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg
Last time we talked about what preapproved building plans are and how the existing U.S. programs are going. This time we talked with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg, two practitioners who are designing and implementing preapproved plan programs across North America. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Alkarim’s company, mddl.Eric...
- Sep 2, 20261h 6m
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 from a review of more than 40 existing programs. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Rodnyansky, S., & Su, D. (2026). Preapproved Building Plans Help Cities I...
- Aug 19, 20261h 9m
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 evidence that local responses to a wave of migration by Southern Blacks in the middle of the 20th century played a big role. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Sahn...
- Aug 5, 202642 min
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 legalize housing. In this case, in New Zealand." Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Listen to YIMBY Country on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Episode 45 of UCLA Housing Voic...
- Jul 22, 20261h 10m
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 beyond exclusionary jurisdictions’ borders, hurting poor communities that have no say over their neighbors’ land use policies. Show notes: Mleczko, M. (2026). The Cumulative Exposure to Exclusionary Zoning in Impoverished Neighborhoods. Demography, 63(1), 213-239.The National Zoning and Land Use Database.Jones, P. (2010). The...
- Jul 8, 20261h 9m
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 the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at shanephillips@ucla.edu and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Been, V., Ellen, I. G., & O’Regan, K. (2025). Supply skepticism revisited. Housing Policy Debate, 35(1), 96-113.Been, V., Ellen, I. G.,...
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