UCLA Urban Planning Prof. Housing, segregation. Soccer Dad. Sometimes mad. He/Him.
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Michael Lens retweeted
This week on #UCLAHousingVoice, @mc_lens joins @ShaneDPhillips and @ProfVestal to discuss his new book, Where the Hood At?, which adds nuanced perspectives to discussions of Black neighborhood mobility.
Tune in here! 🎧 lewis.ucla.edu/2025/02/19/86…
Michael Lens retweeted
“Where the Hood At?,” a new book by @mc_lens examines characteristics & trajectories of Black neighborhoods across the U.S. over 50 years since passage of the Fair Housing Act. #uclaluskin @UCLA #UCLA @uclaurbnplnning @uclaluskinmpp @UCLALewisCenter luskin.ucla.edu/the-evolutio…
Michael Lens retweeted
A Fortune article assessing #housing policies that could be expected under a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump administration called on @mc_lens for insight. Read the article... #UCLALuskin @UCLA #UCLA #zoning @uclaurbnplnning @uclaluskinmpp
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Michael Lens retweeted
If you're fresh out of a PhD program and looking for housing research experience, join us! You'll get to work with and learn from some of the best: @mc_lens, @MichaelManvill6, and @elpaavo. You'll also have the chance to do plenty of your own self-directed research.
Have you heard? The Lewis Center is #hiring! We're seeking a skilled #postdoc to join a research team studying housing policy and the impact of land use reforms in California🏘 Head to the link to learn more and submit your application🔗 bit.ly/housingaffordabilityp…
Michael Lens retweeted
We want a postdoc! Come work with me, @elpaavo @mc_lens @ShaneDPhillips 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/JPF0918…
Michael Lens retweeted
New article from @elpaavo @mc_lens and myself in JHE. should be open access, courtesy of the UC Library system!
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Michael Lens retweeted
This week students and faculty from @UCLALuskin came to Sacramento for a briefing with legislators.
Incredibly grateful to have been invited to join in the conversation and rep for the MPP alums
Michael Lens retweeted
What does the future of housing production and rent look like? Join hosts @ShaneDPhillips and @mc_lens as they have a conversation with @kevincorinth of @AEI on housing production and rent assistance savings. lewis.ucla.edu/2023/11/01/60…
Michael Lens retweeted
📅RSVP to this NOV 29 @luskinhistory event with @mc_lens examining 50 years of data on Black neighborhoods.
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Michael Lens retweeted
It’s rare to get excited about an edited volume, but this is one we are thrilled to put out in the world! Sociology has long had important things to say about the role housing plays in our world; you will find so many of them in the 24 short chapters of this volume. Shipping now!
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Come work in the #1 planning department at the #1 public university in the world (rankings subject to measurement error). I’m on the search committee AMA.
Tenure-track/Tenured Faculty Position in Urban Design and Real Estate Development - UCLA - Los Angeles, CA dlvr.it/SwbdCT
Michael Lens retweeted
Tenure-track/Tenured Faculty Position in Urban Design and Real Estate Development - UCLA - Los Angeles, CA dlvr.it/SwbdCT
The “Century” in Century Glen is Century City, a business district w over 60k jobs, a 15 minute walk from where these signs are. Fox Studios and a new rail stop all right there.
I wrote an op-ed about why single-family zoning in exactly these locations is a disaster.
latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
Michael Lens retweeted
Assoc. professor of @uclaurbnplnning & @uclaluskinmpp @mc_lens wrote an opinion piece for @latimes on housing and land use reform in Los Angeles. Read more... #uclaluskin #UCLA @UCLA #housing luskin.ucla.edu/lens-on-hous…
Michael Lens retweeted
Drop everything! There's a new issue of @transfersmag . This one can't be missed: it's like the Eras Tour of transportation research. Sort of. Okay it isn't. But read it anyway what else are you doing?
transfersmagazine.org/issue1…
Michael Lens retweeted
🚨 Support homeless housing in West LA!🚨
A new project on a disused parking lot has been announced by @CD5LosAngeles - and could become a model for the city.
Attend in person this Thursday 8/3 at 5:30pm or virtually 8/6 at 10am. RSVP: councildistrict5.lacity.gov/…
ALT A picture of a disused parking lot with the text: "Support housing for the homeless! 30 desperately-needed units are planned on this West LA parking lot. Public meeting Thursday."
Michael Lens retweeted
My colleagues at @UCLALewisCenter, UC Davis, UC and Berkeley have published a new tool for measuring whether cities are "affirmatively furthering fair housing" in their land use plans, using several California cities as case studies. Quick thread.🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…