Rises in housing costs are outstripping income gains, and residents are being pushed out of central city neighborhoods that have been affordable to low-income workers for decades. How can cities actively curb displacement?
The TTI estimated that traffic congestion cost the Bay Area economy – by some measures the nation’s most vibrant regional economy – a staggering $3.1 billion in 2014. But do such measures really capture how congestion and the conditions that give rise to it affect regional economies?
Income segregation in U.S. metropolitan areas has been rising for the last forty years. Using new statistical measures for the 95 biggest cities in the US, we investigate the relationship between land use regulations and segregation by income.
The American elderly population is growing at unprecedented rates, six times faster than the rest of the population. In a few short years, they will account for 24% of the population, yet cities have not planned for this silver tsunami.
The state of California implements the Regional Housing Needs Assessment program as the central pillar of its statewide housing policy, the Housing Element Law. It determines “fair share” allocations of a region’s forecasted growth in households for each city and county, and directs local jurisdictions to accommodate the allocations in its general plans and zoning capacity.
This report examines the socioeconomic changes in South Los Angeles since the Sixties to shed light on what, if any, progress has been made toward addressing issues of access, equity, and justice.
This report is interested in who has acquired property through foreclosure since the housing market crash of the mid-’00s.
This study assesses how community members of Jordan Downs perceive issues of the built environment, and how these perceptions may influence their transportation mode choice.
This study assesses how community members of Jordan Downs perceive issues of the built environment, and how these perceptions may influence their transportation mode choice.
The goal of this qualitative inquiry was to explore the barriers that Central American migrant youth face in California education settings while using the power of participatory action research to harness the direct voices of this unique and rapidly growing population.
