Studying Housing Affordability and Transportation Equity in the LA Region
Housed at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies is committed to addressing the pressing policy and planning issues in Greater Los Angeles. The center aims to generate knowledge and action around the critical issues of housing affordability and transportation equity, with an emphasis on how these areas intersect to shape the quality of life for all residents.
Recent Research
This report analyzes how residential mobility contributes to enduring patterns of residential segregation and unequal access to opportunity-rich neighborhoods.
Exploring the feasibility of shared prosperity rental housing, a model blending renter flexibility with homeownership-style wealth building to benefit targeted populations.
A detailed description of the French social housing system as a reference point for governments that seek to create their own, with a discussion of financing, landlord–developers, rent setting, residents, and recent reforms.
Researchers find that UBM has the potential to avoid the shortcomings of previous transportation policy efforts – in the U.S. and elsewhere – and to significantly improve transportation outcomes for those most in need.
