UCLA Housing Voice

Traditional measures of affordability can understate the harms caused by housing shortages. This alternative gives us a fuller picture, and it paints a dire picture of housing conditions for young adults. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Lauster, N., & von Bergmann, J. (2025). The new rules: housing shortage as an exp...

In the 1970s and 80s, a tax revolt broke the property tax system in liberal states like California. David Schleicher shares how, in the 2020s, conservative states are joining the party. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow our Substack at uclahousingvoice.substack.com. Email Shane at at [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Schleicher, D. (2026). The Great American Property Tax Freak Out. Available at SSRN 7377158.Episode 11 o...

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Mayock, T., & Vosters, K. (2024). Single‐family rentals as a p...

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Blackwell, B., & Gross, M. (2026). Does Rapid Re-Housing reduce homelessness? Jo...

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Alkarim’s company, mddl.Eric...