good example for housing policy instructors’ module on definitions of affordability!

In a cafe in Athens and people are saying California is ready for some antiparochi cohabathens.org/portfolio/anti…

fight for your right to repos!

does everyone on the metro do a little internal cheer when someone just makes it on before the doors close?

not just a US problem…

I’ll throw in a few home cooked meals to sweeten the deal!

We want a postdoc! Come work with me, Le Paavo / to γαλοπούλα Michael Lens Shane Phillips and the Lewis Center team on housing supply and affordability. The work is good, and Paavo serves lunch every day!*
(*The lunch thing isn't true).

recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09185

Excited to be in Cambridge to speak at Cambridge Land Economy, after obligatory stop over at the first Garden City (Letchworth). There were lots of expensive cars there.

Fantastic visit to TU Delft, the bike mode share did not disappoint!

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stereotype planning professor heading to the train station to give a research talk TU Delft

Adrián consistently makes a good point about the effects of land use rules in Mexico… lejos de dios y cerca a EEUU

Today aaron and I have an op-ed about the city reversing its plans to allow mixed-income & 100% affordable multifamily housing in some single-family neighborhoods. Those n'hoods are disproportionately white & wealthy, undermining fair housing goals latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Excited to finally get this out into the world! I think it makes two solid contributions to the literature on land use regulations. We illustrate the importance of existing buildout and show why zoning reform matters most where it is a binding constraint.

The deadline to reserve your spot in the May edition of the Barcelona Field School is rapidly approaching.

Pre-register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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How does urban land policy relate to urban form and carbon emissions? Cities, an Elsevier Geography journal, just published a Lincoln Institute-funded study exploring this question, authored by Le Paavo / to γαλοπούλα, Erick Guerra, Jorge Montejano, Camilo Caudillo Cos, and Rodrigo Tapia-McClung.