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UCLA Housing Voice
Ep 79: Who Pays For Inclusionary Zoning with Shane Phillips
Oct 16, 2024
Shane Phillips, a housing policy expert from UCLA, is joined by Mike Lenz, a former public policy professor at USC. They dive deep into the complexities of inclusionary zoning (IZ) in Los Angeles, challenging conventional beliefs about who bears its costs. Rather than developers, they argue all renters share the burden. Insights from a development simulator reveal potential impacts on housing production. The duo also reflects on the nuances of research data and the need for localized policy changes to truly address the affordable housing crisis.
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- Inclusionary zoning policies often distribute the financial burden of providing affordable housing across all renters, not just developers or high-income residents.
- Increasing inclusionary zoning requirements significantly decreases overall housing production, highlighting the unintended consequences of such policies on affordability.
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Background on Inclusionary Zoning
Inclusionary zoning (IZ) refers to policies that require or incentivize developers to include affordable housing units within their market-rate projects. These policies usually aim to balance the needs of different income groups within communities and increase the availability of affordable living spaces. The podcast discusses how IZ often places the financial burden of providing affordable units on developers, landowners, or higher-income renters in mixed-income housing. However, it questions this assumption, suggesting that the costs are distributed more widely, impacting all renters across the income spectrum.
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