UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

What a minimum parking requirement does is it takes the terminal cost of driving--the last cost a driver pays--and it turns it into a cost a developer pays at the beginning of their project. Listen to the latest episode of #UCLAHousingVoice to hear from UCLA Luskin associate professor Michael Manville discuss how bundled parking is making it harder to build more housing. https://www.lewis.ucla.edu//03-bundled-parking-with-micha/

Since the Great Recession, homeownership rates have remained steady for different demographic groups--hovering around 72% for white, 57% for Asian, 42% for Black and 46% for Latino homeowners. But homeownership data alone doesn't tell the full story. UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs assistant professor José Loya looks at the ethno-racial breakdown of access to mortgage credit. Hear more: https://www.lewis.ucla.edu//02-mortgage-discrimination-wi/

NEW PODCAST Within our academic circle, we write and digest the latest research on housing affordability, displacement, development and policy. But research findings don’t often get shared with those beyond academia. UCLA Housing Voice is a podcast co-hosted by Michael Lens and Shane Phillips. In every episode, they’ll talk to a different housing researcher to help make sense of their work and how it can be applied in the real world.

We were so thrilled to have the various presentations of guaranteed income programs across the country and in Canada. These speakers showed us that "cash works" and how it can be used to improve the well-being of our communities. #interactionsla If you missed our event, catch up on the recording below. And if you're specifically interested in one of the pilot programs, we've added chapters for easier navigation. https://youtu.be/N47H1xGjWxQ

In 2018, #MagnoliaMothersTrust began providing $1,000/month to 20 low-income Black mothers in Jackson, Miss. What changed? 80% of respondents paid *all* their bills without additional support (up from 37%); 75% were able to make three meals/day at home (up from 32%); and 85% of participants had completed high school (up from 63%). Overall, more than $10,000 in predatory debt was paid off during the first year by participants. The @springboardto.org pilot grew from 20 to 110 ...women for its second year. This Friday at #InterActionsLA, join us as we hear about the second cohort, which began receiving funds in March 2020 just as the COVID-19 pandemic began. Register: bit.ly/interactionsla21 https://springboardto.org/magnolia-mothers-trust/

Our colleagues at UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Department of Urban Planning are hosting a series of lectures on race, equity and transportation. Check out the stellar lineup and don't miss the first lecture on FEB 11 with Dr. Regan Patterson on findings from her recent report for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on ongoing challenges affecting the Black community. https://bit.ly/perloffseries

Thank you to Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and Catherine Bracy, executive director of TechEquity Collaborative, for joining us for the second HEC event of the academic year. This discussion revolved around rental housing registries, which require landlords to input basic information about their units (e.g., when tenants moved in, rent cost). Registries can assist with building inspections and enforcement of tenant protections, but there are obstacles and concerns which the panelists discussed. The HEC series is a joint UCLA endeavor with the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. Watch here: https://youtu.be/vaDTWHxk-I8

Congratulations to Sam Speroni, MURP '20 for this well-earned recognition of all his hard work researching an often-overlooked aspect of transportation--school transportation. We're looking forward to continuing to work with him since he's sticking around at UCLA to pursue a PhD. His research provides much-needed analysis on inequities in school transportation, particularly in such a large and diverse region as LA County. ~Director Evelyn Blumenberg

Madeline Brozen, deputy director of the Lewis Center, has co-authored a new report published by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies on the relationship between transportation and healthcare access during the pandemic. The report goes into detail about how one of the largest hurdles to accessing healthcare -- transportation -- has been one of the most deeply impacted systems during the pandemic. The convergence of these two challenges has made accessing healthcare all the more difficult and will require thoughtful and collaborative transportation policy decisions. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/22b3b1rc#article_main #covid19 #healthcareaccess