UCLA Housing Voice

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Rodnyansky, S., & Su, D. (2026). Preapproved Building Plans Help Cities I...

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Sahn...

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 [email protected] and follow him on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Show notes: Listen to YIMBY Country on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Episode 45 of UCLA Housing Voic...

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. 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:...

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 [email protected] 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.,...