About the Podcast
UCLA Housing Voice is a podcast hosted by UCLA Lewis Center’s Shane Phillips, housing initiative manager, and co-hosted alternately by professors Mike Lens, Mike Manville, and Paavo Monkkonen. Research on housing affordability, displacement, development and policy is a fast-moving field, with important implications for policy and people. But research findings don’t often get shared with those beyond academia. In every episode, our hosts talk to a different housing researcher to help make sense of their work and how it can be applied in the real world.
Meet the Hosts
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Shane Phillips
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Michael Lens
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Paavo Monkkonen
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Michael Manville
Episode Summaries and Show Notes
Episode 16: Japanese Housing Policy with Jiro Yoshida
We take a trip to Tokyo with Professor Jiro Yoshida of Pennsylvania State University and the University of Tokyo to learn from the successes and shortcomings of Japanese housing policy.
Episode 15: The Legacy of Redlining with Jacob Faber
NYU professor Jacob Faber joins us to discuss his fascinating research into the Home Owners Loan Corporation’s influence on racial segregation and the persistence of its effects nearly 100 years later.
Episode 14: Family-Friendly Urbanism with Louis Thomas
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 of Georgetown University discusses the nearest example of family-friendly urbanism in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Episode 13: State Housing Mandates with Nicholas Marantz and Huixin Zheng
Cities across the country have dropped the ball when it comes to planning for and building housing at all income levels, and in response, many states have intervened. UCI Professor Nicholas Marantz and Dr. Huixin Zheng discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these state approaches.
Episode 12: Transit-Induced Displacement with Elizabeth Delmelle
When major public investments are proposed in lower- and middle-income neighborhoods, it’s common to hear concerns about gentrification and displacement. Our guest this week discusses the connection between evictions and the opening of rail stations in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Episode 11: COVID-19 and Renter Distress with Mike Manville and Paavo Monkkonen
The pandemic has been tough on many renters, with job and income losses piled on top of housing insecurity. The UCLA Lewis Center’s Mike Manville and Paavo Monkkonen join to discuss two recent surveys of LA County renters.
Episode 10: Upzoning and Single-Family Housing Prices with Daniel Kuhlmann
Many cities are considering ending single-family zoning to improve housing affordability and address historic injustices in housing and land use, while opponents argue that “upzoning” will do the opposite. Dr. Daniel Kuhlmann of Iowa State University discusses what actually happened in the first major U.S. city to end single-family zoning, Minneapolis.
Episode 09: Neighborhood Perceptions with Prentiss Dantzler
The census offers plenty of information about the places people live. Much less is known about how people feel about the places they live. Dr. Prentiss Dantzler of the University of Toronto discusses what we miss when we overlook neighborhood perceptions.
Episode 08: Exactions and Value Capture with Minjee Kim
How should cities approach value capture & public benefit exactions? Florida State University's Minjee Kim discusses real-world examples in Seattle and Boston.
Episode 07: Residential Mobility with Kristin Perkins
How does residential mobility impact the well-being of Black and Latino children? Kristin Perkins from Georgetown University explains.
Episode 06: Financialization with Martine August
Most multifamily rental housing used to be owned by small or mid-sized landlords. But, over the decades, the share of units owned by large institutions has increased dramatically. What’s driving this change, and what does it mean for housing affordability and household stability?
Episode 05: Market-Rate Development and Neighborhood Rents with Evan Mast
Building more homes helps keep prices in check at the regional level, but what happens down the street? Evan Mast of the Upjohn Institute sheds light on this important and controversial question.