Homeownership is too expensive for most, and renting is not always a good alternative. With Shared Prosperity Rental housing, @shanedphillips.bsky.social proposes a model that combines the best of both.
Click here for Shane's #HousingLectureSeries on SPR 🎥🖇️
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Thanks @streetsblogla.bsky.social for including me in this video! Read this brief to learn about our research (which links to the full report if you want ALL the details)
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Mid-size banking cooperatives provide community-specific services that larger banks often cannot. New research from @jose-loya.bsky.social ial suggests that in the Southwest, they could help aspiring homeowners secure loans.
www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/ban...
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Weren't able to catch Minjee Kim talk on community hardening in Solano Canyon and other high fire-risk communities? Our recording is now live!
📽️ Watch here
And ICYMI, we're now on Substack!
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There's no #UCLAHousingVoice episode this week, but it's always a good time to catch old episodes ... especially since you can earn AICP credits for listening
More info below ⬇️ [1/3]
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Given CA's housing squeeze, it's no surprise the state helped birth the abundance movement ... but without comprehensive reform, true housing abundance will remain elusive, says @elpaavo.bsky.social
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🎥 ICYMI: A recording of our recent webinar featuring research on transit rider evacuations during last year's LA fires is now live. A survey of transit riders who evacuated showed that they relied on others to get to safety.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SMg...
Exciting news ... #UCLAHousingVoice is now on Substack!!
Hosted by Shane Phillips, our Substack is a new way for us to engage more directly with listeners, and we hope you'll join the conversation.
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Happening today!! 🚨🚨
After partnering with Solano Canyon community members to improve wildfire resilience, @Minjee Kim discusses how other communities can harden against future fires.
Details below!
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Love it when research aligns with common sense! LA Podcast covers @uclaits.bsky.social research on the benefits of and improvements to @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's successful ambassador program:
@laforward.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social @godfreyplata.bsky.social @rachelreyes.bsky.social
An event graphic with text on the left-hand side that reads: After the LA Fires: Lessons learned from the “community-hardening” efforts in Solano Canyon. Thursday, Feb 5, 12:30-1:30. RSVP: bit.ly/solano-canyon-lessons. The right side includes a headshot of Minjee Kim, assistant professor of urban planning
Join us next week for a webinar with Minjee Kim about how residents in Solano Canyon are strengthening their community's resilience to wildfire -- and what other hillside neighborhoods can do.
Register below! ⬇️
http://bit.ly/solano...
An event graphic with text on the left-hand side that reads: After the LA Fires: How did transit riders evacuate in 2025? Thursday, Jan 29, 12:30-1:30. RSVP: bit.ly/transit-evacuations. The right side includes a headshot of Sang-O Kim, postdoctoral scholar
STARTING SOON 🚨🚨 Our webinar on the evacuation patterns of transit riders during the 2025 LA wildfires starts at 12:30 p.m. PT
Don't miss out ⬇️
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Congrats to all of our fellows for their incredible work so far, and we are looking forward to sharing their findings and recommendations. [6/6]
Stacy Mata is also collaborating with LADOT on Integrated Mobility Hubs, analyzing transportation planning efforts to produce recommendations focused on equity, accessibility and stakeholder engagement. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [5/6]
Luis Valente is using a mixed-methods approach to examine whether a new LADOT project – Integrated Mobility Hubs – improves transit rider safety. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [4/6]
In collaboration with FASTLink DTLA, Micah Wilcox is researching potential reforms to L.A.'s active transportation funding, planning and implementation systems. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [3/6]
Ivan Sanchez is working with Caltrans Dist7 to analyze how implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in freeway corridors can improve regional mobility. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [2/6]
This week, we're excited to highlight our 2026 student fellows pursuing innovative solutions for increase transit access and equity. [1/6]
As part of our series exploring how FHLBSF credit unions advance equitable lending, this new brief finds Latino borrowers working with FHLBSF members see higher approval rates and fewer high-cost loans than non-member lenders.
www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/rac...
Mark your calendars for this event from our UCLA colleagues, based on this research: www.its.ucla.edu/publication/...
65% of FHLBSF member banks use their credit lines — but only 27% use more than a quarter.
Our new brief explores lending patterns, regional differences, and policy paths forward.
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Join us for a Zoom webinar next week to learn how L.A. transit riders evacuated in 2025.
Jan 29: 12:30-1:30 p.m. PT
🔗 Learn more & register: www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/prepar...
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Since LA Metro launched its Transit Ambassador pilot in 2022, riders report improved safety perceptions and customer experience. New research from UCLA ITS & UCLA Lewis Center builds on these early results, showing promise as the program moves in house. More here www.its.ucla.edu/pro...
As a social stratification scholar, Jose Loya is more interested in historical patterns than with immediate solutions. He encourages his students to take a similar approach.
"It’s really about understanding the problem.”
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And Larson Avery is writing a thesis that examines how the city's Historic Preservation Overlay Zone designation has impacted housing costs and supply. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [4/4]
Elizabeth Shin is working with @lahousing.bsky.social ky.social to study how revised design standards might drive down costs. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [3/4]
Building on her internship at SCAG, Kyla Marie Corpuz is exploring the potential for community land trusts to promote equitable CA housing markets. www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/stu... [2/4]
