by Anthony Dedousis | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
This piece originally appeared in City Observatory. Editor’s Note: City Observatory is pleased to publish this guest commentary by Anthony Dedousis of Abundant Housing LA. Some elected officials and journalists have drawn a link between urban density and the spread...
by Anthony Dedousis | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Everywhere you look in Los Angeles, there is parking. There is parking next to houses. There is parking surrounding restaurants and coffee shops. There are parking lots adjacent to Metro stations. There is...
by Anthony Dedousis | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog, Data and Research, Resource Library
Anyone who’s ever been to a Los Angeles neighborhood council meeting knows that housing can be an emotionally charged issue. Understandably, people have very strong feelings about their homes and neighborhoods, and these feelings are usually guided by their personal...
by Anthony Dedousis | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library, RHNA
Get ready: by the end of the decade, Los Angeles might build over 450,000 new homes. This might surprise many readers. Have YIMBYs hypnotized the L.A. City Council? Not quite. Every eight years, cities are required under state law to update their housing elements, a...
by Anthony Dedousis | Oct 17, 2019 | Data and Research
Recently, I wrote about how Los Angeles’ Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Program is successfully encouraging dense new housing near transit. Since the program launched in September 2017, over 20,000 new homes have been proposed or permitted, including nearly 4,000...
