We take a trip to Tokyo with Professor Jiro Yoshida of Pennsylvania State University and the University of Tokyo to learn from the successes and shortcomings of Japanese housing policy.
Subsidized affordable housing development reduces costs for lower-income households directly. It also reduces costs indirectly, by increasing the overall supply of housing — or does it? Michael Eriksen joins to discuss the issue of “crowd out” in affordable housing production.
In this final episode of the Pathways Home series on homelessness policy and research, we discuss key lessons and takeaways with our UCLA colleague, Janey Rountree.
Since 2009, homelessness among U.S. veterans has fallen by more than half. Among the overall population, it hasn’t budged. We hear the story behind the Department of Veterans Affairs' success.
A study in Vancouver, BC gave homeless individuals $7,500 each. The results? Reduced shelter use, more spending on food and rent, and no increase in spending on “temptation goods” like drugs and alcohol.
Beth Shinn discusses the Family Options Study, which found that long-term housing subsidies, like housing vouchers, led to much better outcomes for families experiencing homelessness — and at similar cost — compared to rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and “usual care.”
Vehicular homelessness — people living in cars, trucks, and RVs — is a large and growing problem, but also a hidden one. Madeline Brozen shares her research on this understudied population.
New research from the Lewis Center compares approval timelines for discretionary and by-right projects, and we discuss the consequences of slow and uncertain approval processes for housing production, affordability, and public trust.
How does the neighborhood you live in affect your health? Craig Pollack, MD, joins to discuss how better housing policy can lead to improved public health.
The modern mortgage wouldn’t exist without the backing of the federal government, but how and why was it created? We discuss its surprising history and the strange bedfellows — farmers and bankers — who fought for it.
