My new book, The Affordable City, is out on September 15th. This post includes an excerpt from the Stability policies section, making the case for why tenants deserve protection against the whims of the market and individual landlords.
Read MoreWhy Supply is Essential for Affordable Cities
My new book, The Affordable City, is out on September 15th. This post includes an excerpt from the Supply policies section, helping illustrate how affordability is influenced by housing abundance or scarcity.
Read MoreSupply, Stability, and Subsidy are the Foundation of Affordable Cities (Book Release)
My new book, The Affordable City, is out on September 15th. This post includes an excerpt from the introduction, explaining why Supply, Stability, and Subsidy must all be priorities for housing advocates and professionals.
Read MoreBuilding a More Equitable California with Transfer Tax Reform
The biggest beneficiaries of Proposition 13 would pay higher transfer taxes when they sold their homes.
Read MoreThe Many Benefits of Mass Timber (White Paper)
Learn more about the cost, schedule, economic, and environmental benefits of mass timber in a white paper I worked on earlier this year, including recommendations for how cities and states can speed its adoption.
Read MoreI Have a Book Deal! (Please Join My Mailing List)
I’m officially partnering with Island Press on a book about housing affordability and the need to make strong tenant protections, abundant housing supply, and big public subsidies co-equal priorities for advocates and policymakers. Please join my mailing list for updates!
Read MoreSingle-Family Homes Are Luxury Housing
In neighborhoods across the country, it’s single-family homes, not new condos and apartments, that command the highest prices.
Read MoreWhat Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S?
Measure S won't fix the affordable housing crisis. When the vote is over, win or lose, what can we do that will actually move the needle?
Read MoreLos Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th
Bear with me; there are a lot of them.
Read More1,300 More Affordable Homes—Mostly in Downtown LA—That Won't Be Built if Measure S Passes
In just the past three weeks, 1,300 homes for low-income residents and the formerly homeless were proposed in Los Angeles. Measure S would block them all.
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