In most of the U.S., cities are for singles, roommates, and childless couples, and the suburbs are for raising kids. That’s not true of much of the rest of the world. Louis Thomas discusses the nearest example of family-friendly urbanism in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Simon Büchler and Elena Lutz share their research on the long-term effects of zoning reforms on housing supply and rents in Zurich, Switzerland, and the kinds of zoning changes that produce real-world results.
Ant Breach shares insights from the Centre for Cities’ report on the United Kingdom’s homebuilding crisis.
Inclusionary zoning policies use the market to produce affordable housing, but nothing comes for free. So who pays? Shane takes the guest seat to discuss his analysis of IZ in Los Angeles, making the case that it’s not developers or high-income renters who bear the cost, but all renters — poor, middle income, and wealthy alike.
Emily Hamilton of the Mercatus Center on how inclusionary zoning has impacted homebuilding and housing prices in the Washington, D.C. region.
Lewis fellow Anne Yoon, MURP '23 received the Neville A. Parker Award for her impactful capstone research.
NYU's Katherine O’Regan talks about the legacy of the Fair Housing Act, the changing nature of neighborhood segregation, and recent efforts to proactively foster inclusive communities using fair housing laws.
Carlos Delclós joins us to discuss how citizenship status influences housing precarity and displacement outcomes in Spain.
Documentary by filmmaker Yolanda Davis-Overstreet looks into local efforts and activism to promote mobility justice across Los Angeles.
Usually, cities with lots of vacant housing have slow rent growth (or low rents), while lower vacancy rates are associated with higher rents. So why do many Indian cities have an unusual, seemingly paradoxical problem: high vacancy rates and high rents?
