Published: 2019 | California Housing Partnership
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…
What Can We Learn from Online Reviews? Examining the Reviews of Los Angeles Metro Rail Stations
Published: 2019 | Eun Jin Shin | Journal of Planning Education and Research Abstract Out-of-vehicle time is a well-known major burden of transit travel. Although transit stations’ characteristics likely affect people’s perceptions of out-of-vehicle time and decisions to use public…
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…
Opposition to Development or Opposition to Developers? Survey Evidence from Los Angeles County on Attitudes towards New Housing
Published: 2018 | Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Manville | Urban Affairs Abstract Opposition to new housing at higher densities is a pervasive problem in planning. Such opposition constrains the housing supply and undermines both affordability and sustainability in growing metropolitan areas.…
Does Luxury Housing Construction Increase Nearby Rents?
Published: 2018 | Evan Mast | Upjohn Institute for Employeement 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.…
Letter to LA City Council, LA City Clerk: Amendments to a Linkage Fee
Published: 2017 | Michael Manville, Paavo Monkonnen | UCLA Department ofUrban Planning
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…