
Michael Lens
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UCLA Urban Planning Prof. Housing, segregation. Soccer Dad. Sometimes mad. He/Him.
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https://luskin.ucla.edu/person/michael-lens/ 24-02-2012 21:44:06
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My colleagues at UCLA Lewis Center, 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/10.10…

🚨 Support homeless housing in West LA!🚨 A new project on a disused parking lot has been announced by Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky - 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/Midvale


Drop everything! There's a new issue of Transfers Magazine . 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/issue11/


Assoc. professor of UCLA Urban Planning & UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy Michael Lens wrote an opinion piece for Los Angeles Times on housing and land use reform in Los Angeles. Read more... #uclaluskin #UCLA UCLA #housing luskin.ucla.edu/lens-on-housin…




What does the future of housing production and rent look like? Join hosts Shane Phillips and Michael Lens as they have a conversation with Kevin Corinth of American Enterprise Institute on housing production and rent assistance savings. lewis.ucla.edu/2023/11/01/60-…

📅RSVP to this NOV 29 UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy event with Michael Lens examining 50 years of data on Black neighborhoods. luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/where-th…

This week students and faculty from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 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



We want a postdoc! Come work with me, p 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

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: Michael Lens, Michael Manville, and p. You'll also have the chance to do plenty of your own self-directed research.

A Fortune article assessing #housing policies that could be expected under a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump administration called on Michael Lens for insight. Read the article... #UCLALuskin UCLA #UCLA #zoning UCLA Urban Planning UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy luskin.ucla.edu/trump-harris-a…

“Where the Hood At?,” a new book by Michael Lens examines characteristics & trajectories of Black neighborhoods across the U.S. over 50 years since passage of the Fair Housing Act. #uclaluskin UCLA #UCLA UCLA Urban Planning UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy UCLA Lewis Center luskin.ucla.edu/the-evolution-…

This week on #UCLAHousingVoice, Michael Lens joins Shane Phillips and Marques Vestal 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-…
