Los Angeles

Affordable housing in Los Angeles

Published: 2019 | Jonathan Woetzel, Shannon Peloquin, Steve Kling, Tim Ward, and Sucheta Arora | McKinsey Global Institute Abstract This does not have to involve placing high-rises on every open space. Higher density is a given, but much of the…

Does Luxury Housing Construction Increase Nearby Rents?

Published: 2019 | Evan Mast | Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Abstract A major obstacle to new housing construction in gentrifying neighborhoods is the fear that new units will induce additional housing demand, increasing local rents and fueling further gentrification.…

People are simply unable to pay the rent

Published: 2018 | UCLA Luskin Center Abstract Drawing on our history, this paper proposes a range of options to ameliorate the economic vulnerability and anxiety of a growing number of our city’s rent-burdened residents. These options include extending the city’s…

Developing a New Methodology for Analyzing Potential Displacement

Published: 2017 | Karen Chapple, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Paul Waddell, Daniel Chatman, Paul Ong | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Abstract In 2008, California passed Senate Bill 375, requiring metropolitan planning organizations to develop Sustainable Communities Strategies as…