This report examines where California's housing has been, where it’s at and where it’s headed when it comes to possible scenarios and policy alternatives for the future.
This report examines whether new development in Los Angeles is resulting in the widespread loss, through demolition, of older, more affordable housing units.
A roundup of recent research that has delved into the neighborhood-level impacts of market-rate housing.
In recent years, vacant homes have increasingly been identified as a potential indicator of speculation or otherwise underutilized housing stock. Recently constructed market-rate and mixed-income housing, in particular, has been cast as villain in this debate, with relatively high vacancy rates taken as a sign that this type of housing isn’t needed. Using Los Angeles as a case study, this working paper explores the nature, extent, and causes of housing vacancy, and draws conclusions about what should be done about vacant homes in high-cost locations like L.A.
This article responds to other commentaries and responses to It’s "Time to End Single-Family Zoning."
In this Viewpoints, the authors write how R1 zoning in the United States promotes exclusion and exacerbates inequality, benefiting homeowners at the expense of renters and limiting access to high-opportunity places. They argue that these negative impacts outweigh weak arguments for R1 and that planners should work to abolish it.
This research brief focuses on Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to examine the relationship between commercial gentrification and fixed rail transit, transit ridership and traffic crashes.
In this paper, Wasserman evaluates the scalability, longevity, efficacy, political feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of pilot programs that encourage accessory dwelling unit construction compared to traditional multifamily supportive housing.
Before becoming governor, Gavin Newsom set forth a bold campaign goal to construct 3.5 million new homes by 2025. This brief asks if it's possible for California to meet this lofty goal under current zoning and where this new housing will be built.
Is Los Angeles cannibalizing its affordable rental housing to make way for market-rate and luxury apartments? We looked at records for new multifamily development in Los Angeles to determine what was demolished to build new housing.
