UCLA Housing Voice
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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 94 episodes
UCLA Housing Voice
Latest Episodes
Ep 88: Improving Voucher Outcomes with Dionissi Aliprantis
Helping people move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods requires knowing which neighborhoods are actually better. Are we any good at it? Dionissi Aliprantis shares his research on measuring neighborhood opportunity and the rent assistance progr...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:07:57
Ep 87: Rental Voucher Lease-Up Rates with Sarah Strochak
Housing Choice vouchers help lower-income tenants pay rent, yet only about 60% of issued vouchers result in a successful lease-up. Sarah Strochak joins to share how lease-up rates vary for different groups and markets, and how reforming voucher...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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49:25
Ep 86: Where the Hood At? with Mike Lens
How have conditions changed since 1970 in neighborhoods where Black residents are the largest racial or ethnic group? Mike Lens wrote a whole book on the subject: Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods. He take...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:17:01
Ep 85: Wildfires, Displacement and Housing Prices with Hannah Hennighausen
On January 7th, the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted in Los Angeles, killing dozens of people, displacing tens of thousands, and destroying more than 15,000 structures. What will this mean for housing affordability in the already-strained regi...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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58:57
Ep 84: A Review of Rent Control Research with Konstantin Kholodilin
Rent control is one of the most hotly debated housing policies, and also one of the most researched. Konstantin Kholodilin reviewed over 200 rent control studies, dating back decades and spanning six continents, and he joins us to give an overv...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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