Publications
The briefs and reports below provide a sample of recent research by Lewis Center faculty, affiliated scholars, staff, and students, produced internally or by our partner centers and other universities. Learn more about support for students and the Graduate Student Fellows program to fund students conducting capstone research.
Note: Briefs and reports are often adapted from or into published books and articles in academic journals, which are not listed here.
| Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
ReportThe Fair Housing Land Use Score in California: An Evaluation of 199 Municipal PlansThis report assess whether local governments followed housing guidelines to affirmatively further fair housing by analyzing the site inventories adopted by 199 California cities. |
Aaron Barrall, Paavo Monkkonen | 2024 |
Journal ArticleMeaningful Action: Evaluating Local Government Plans to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in CaliforniaThis paper examines how municipalities reacted to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing in general plans. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Aaron Barrall, Aurora Echavarria | 2024 |
ReportLessons From California's Homekey Program: Adding Affordable Housing by Buying Market-Rate Apartment BuildingsThis paper compares the costs of acquiring and converting market-rate housing through Homekey to similar purpose-built affordable housing developments in Los Angeles. |
Shane Phillips | 2024 |
BriefFair Housing in California: Moving Forward or Spinning Wheels?Researchers propose and evaluate a new metric to measure whether or not local land use policies promote inclusion across neighborhoods. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens, Moira O'Neill, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Gregory Preston, Raine Robichaud | 2023 |
Journal ArticleDo Land Use Plans Affirmatively Further Fair Housing?We propose and evaluate a fair housing land use score (FHLUS) that measures whether local governments’ land use policies promote inclusion across neighborhoods. |
Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens, Moira O'Neill, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Gregory Preston, Raine Robichaud | 2023 |
BriefUnderstanding Who Lives in Cars in Los Angeles CountyThis report aims to gain a better understanding of unhoused and unsheltered people living in vehicles. |
Christopher Giamarino, Evelyn Blumenberg, Madeline Brozen | 2022 |
Journal ArticleWho Lives in Vehicles and Why? Understanding Vehicular Homelessness in Los AngelesWhat are the unique characteristics of people living in vehicles in Los Angeles? These findings will help effectively target policies and services, such as safe parking programs that can offer temporary relief and interventions necessary to transition into permanent housing. |
Christopher Giamarino, Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg | 2022 |
BriefGeographic and Regulatory Impacts on Vehicular Homelessness in Los AngelesAlmost half of Los Angeles's unsheltered population live in their vehicles. Over the years, local complaints have amplified the proliferation of vehicular-dwelling criminalization ordinances — making it difficult for people to locate safe places to park, elevating fears of being towed, ticketed, or interacting with the police. |
Christopher Giamarino, Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg | 2022 |
Journal ArticlePlanning for and Against Vehicular Homelessness: Spatial Trends and Determinants of Vehicular Dwelling in Los AngelesDiscover the prevalence of vehicular homelessness in Los Angeles County and the impact of regulations on people living in their vehicles. Findings suggest cities should reduce harm and precariousness through reforming punitive regulations and implementing safe parking programs while pursuing permanent affordable housing solutions. |
Christopher Giamarino, Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg | 2022 |
BriefRegional Housing Needs Assessment Cover LetterThis review and cover letter was written to provide background and suggestions for Auditors Tilden and Lozano to consider in relation to the audit commissioned by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee at the request of Members Glazer, Newman, Bauer-Kahan, Portantino, Muratsuchi, Stern, and Bates. |
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Paavo Monkkonen, Nicholas J. Marantz | 2022 |