by Max Dubler | Sep 28, 2022 | Articles, Blog
An interview with Nolan Gray on the history of zoning for exclusion and how a new approach to land use regulation could make our cities better. By Jacob Pierce Few situations look more complicated than California’s housing crisis. But sometimes, through a certain...
by Anthony Dedousis | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog
Abundant Housing LA supports bold and broad action to advance inclusivity in our region’s cities. We advocate dismantling exclusionary zoning by legalizing apartments, especially in high-opportunity neighborhoods near transit and jobs. We also support inclusionary...
by Anthony Dedousis | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
INTRODUCTION The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) is a state-mandated process that estimates current and future housing needs in a city, and requires local governments to develop a “housing element” update plan to meet that need. Abundant Housing LA, a...
by Isaac Gendler | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
This article is an update to the previous A Short Introduction to Zoning in Los Angeles. It was written in a time before the rise of the YIMBY movement and its effects on California State Housing Policy. There’s a fierce debate about the nature of housing going on in...
by Anthony Dedousis | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog
California’s housing crisis is a product of scarcity. For decades, our state and the Los Angeles region have allowed too few homes to be built, especially in transit- and job-rich areas, causing a toxic brew of escalating rents, displacement, segregation by race and...