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Why does the housing market seem so broken? And what can we do about it? UCLA Housing Voice tackles these questions in conversation with leading housing researchers, with each episode centered on a study and its implications for creating more affordable and accessible communities.

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Single-family rentals have a bad rap, but they also have underappreciated benefits. Tom Mayock shares how places with a bigger single-family rental stock provide better access to high quality schools  for disadvantaged kids.

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Rapid rehousing provides short-term rental assistance to help people experiencing homelessness find market-rate housing. Brian Blackwell shares new research finding that it may be more effective than we thought.

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Last time we talked about what preapproved building plans are and how the existing U.S. programs are going. This time we talked with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg, two practitioners who are designing and implementing preapproved plan programs acro... more

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Preapproved plan programs promise to speed up permitting and lower the cost of building new homes. How do they work—and are they working? Seva Rodnyansky shares findings from a review of more than 40 existing programs.

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Recent Guests

Brian Blackwell
Senior Data Scientist at California Policy Lab
California Policy Lab, UCLA
Episode: Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Alkarim Devani
Co-founder and CEO of Middle
Middle (Calgary)
Episode: Ep. 123: Implementing Preapproved Plan Programs with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg
Eric Kronberg
Founder of Kronberg Urbanists and Architects and co-founder of Inc Codes
Kronberg Urbanists and Architects; Inc Codes (Atlanta)
Episode: Ep. 123: Implementing Preapproved Plan Programs with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg
Seva Rodnyansky
Manager with the Housing Policy Initiative at Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew Charitable Trusts
Episode: Ep. 122: An Overview of Preapproved Building Plan Programs with Seva Rodnyansky
Alexander Sahn
Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Thomas J. Pearsall Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Episode: Ep. 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn
Mike Lenz
Co-host
UCLA Housing Voice
Episode: Ep. 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn
Eric Crampton
Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand Initiative
Episode: YIMBY Country with Michael Andersen
Ben Blaschke
Research fellow at the New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand Initiative
Episode: YIMBY Country with Michael Andersen
Matt Mleczko
Assistant professor in the Marquette University Department of Political Science
Marquette University
Episode: Ep 120: How Exclusionary Zoning Hurts Poor Neighborhoods with Matthew Mleczko

Hosts

Madeline Brozen
Host affiliated with UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies; leads discussions on housing policy and urban planning.
Shane Phillips
Co-host/host focused on housing policy, urban economics, and practical implementation of policy reforms in California.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 249 ratings
  • Must listen

    This podcast is a must-listen for anyone concerned about why the U.S. doesn’t have enough housing, market or affordable, and how different housing policies make that worse or sometimes better. Exposes practitioners to research that they probably didn’t even know existed.

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    Owner/developer
    United States2 years ago
  • Accessible and accurate

    This is a fantastic podcast for understanding the state of the research on housing economics and affordability. I appreciate that they interview the authors of the papers in a way that makes the content accessible to non-economists while preserving accuracy and nuance.

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    5
    Edisonberger
    United States2 years ago
  • Too much policy, not enough economics

    Love the topic, but unfortunately these episodes too often devolve to wishcasting. In the current series on pathways to homelessness episode 1 clearly states that the base issue in areas of high homeless is a lack of available units in which to live and the costs that scarcity drives. So why no follow up episodes on high density building, alternatives to traditional housing (beyond apartments/condos/sfh), breaking down govt regulation and bureaucracy to speed development, post pandemic commerci... more

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    russian interference
    United States3 years ago
  • Invaluable!

    Searching "why x policy..." often goes nowhere useful - particularly without institutional access to journals, or adequate knowledge of the legal terminology or variation in terminology in other areas. Any of these episodes is a wealth of terminology, names of researchers, studies, cultural and legislative context, discussion of how the studies were conducted, their limitations... with the recognition that listeners may be coming from a range of interests, backgrounds, and level of knowledge. S... more

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    5
    AvidaLynnMorgan
    Canada3 years ago
  • Great, informative podcast

    Really appreciate this as a way to get deeply informed on housing issues while on the go. The Pathways Home series is particularly great: very relevant, important and accessible. Will share with friends.

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    Tobyhhgvgh
    United States3 years ago

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Solidly produced and thorough: deep dives into policy with practical takeaways.
Must listen: Great analysis of housing policies and their real-world impact.
Well-regarded for making dense research approachable for non-experts.
Accessible and accurate: useful primer for researchers and practitioners alike.

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Ep. 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn
Q: Can you summarize the main empirical finding and how you interpret its magnitude?
A one-percentage point rise in Black population share, relative to predicted growth, is linked to about a one-percentage point reduction in land available for multifamily housing, which is meaningful given that today only around 13% of residential land permits multifamily housing; the effect helps explain a portion of today's exclusionary zoning, though it does not fully account for all historical shifts.
Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Q: What are the potential mechanisms driving persistence of effects after the subsidy ends?
Possible mechanisms include the state-transition barrier to moving out of homelessness, the lease and rental history established during tenancy, and the easing of liquidity and barriers that enable continued stability; the exact mechanism is not identified and warrants further qualitative study.
Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Q: How do the results compare with the Family Options Study, and how should we think about the apparent differences?
Although headline ITT results from Family Options appeared null for rapid rehousing, deeper analysis shows similar magnitudes when accounting for non-take-up and using appropriate instrumental-variable logic; differences across population (families vs. individuals) and study design explain most of the apparent discrepancies.
Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Q: How did you set up your study so you can make causal claims about the effects of rapid rehousing on the outcomes that we care about?
They used a quasi-experimental design within providers to compare enrollees who leased up versus those who did not, leveraging provider- and time-level variation and a rich set of baseline characteristics to support causal interpretations, and contrasted with a caseworker-based upper-bound approach and sensitivity analyses.
Ep. 123: Implementing Preapproved Plan Programs with Alkarim Devani and Eric Kronberg
Q: What have we learned from Kalamazoo and South Bend about community engagement and equity in pre-approved plans?
Engage diverse stakeholders early, fund programs that empower underrepresented developers, and ensure subsidies and policy support enable plans to translate into real, affordable housing rather than just plan approvals.

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A rigorously researched conversations-driven show that centers housing policy and urban economics through expert guests and primary studies. Across episodes, topics frequently revolve around housing affordability, zoning and density reforms, transit-oriented development, and the finance mechanisms shaping renter and homeowner outcomes. The format often combines academic perspectives with practitioner insights, exploring policy design, implementation challenges, and real-world case studies from California and beyond. Notable strengths include translating dense research into accessible discussions and highlighting practical reforms, data gaps, and innovative funding models that could inform city-level decisions and sponsor interest alike.

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