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== Organizing, Advocacy, Politics ==

=== Talks  ===

 

 

== Land Use, Zoning, Planning ==

*Autor, David H., Christopher J. Palmer and Parag A. Pathak. "Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence from the End of Rent Control in Cambridge, Massachusetts."<br/> &nbsp;

*Bertolet, Dan.[http://www.sightline.org/2016/04/20/how-exclusionary-zoning-robs-our-cities-of-their-best-qualities/ "Exclusionary Zoning Robs Our Cities of Their Best Qualities."] Sightline.org, 2016-04-20.<br/> &nbsp;

*George, Henry. "[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/ahj1472.1-01.004/* What the Railroad Will Bring Us]" (1868).<br/> &nbsp;

*Glaeser, Edward. "[https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regulations/ Reforming land use regulations]." Brookings Institute,&nbsp;April 24, 2017.&nbsp;[https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regulations/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regulations/].<br/> &nbsp;

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=== <br/> Peer-reviewed research&nbsp; ===

*Huang, Haifang, and Yao Tang. "Residential Land Use Regulation and the US Housing Price Cycle Between 2000 and 2009."<br/> &nbsp;

*<span style="font-size: 13px;">Lens, Michael C., and Paavo Monkkonen. "</span>[http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/Documents/areas/ctr/ziman/2015-04WP.pdf Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?]<span style="font-size: 13px;">" Journal of the American Planning Association, Volume 82, 2016 - Issue 1. Published online 2015-12-28.&nbsp;DOI.&nbsp;</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 13px;">UCLA Working Paper:</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">[http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/Documents/areas/ctr/ziman/2015-04WP.pdf. http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/Documents/areas/ctr/ziman/2015-04WP.pdf.&nbsp;]</span><br/> &nbsp;

*Mangin, John."[https://journals.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/stanford-law-policy-review/print/2014/01/mangin_25_stan._l._poly_rev_91.pdf The New Exclusionary Zoning.]" Stanford Law & Policy Review&nbsp;Vol. 25:91 (2014).&nbsp;[https://journals.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/stanford-law-policy-review/print/2014/01/mangin_25_stan._l._poly_rev_91.pdf. https://journals.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/stanford-law-policy-review/print/2014/01/mangin_25_stan._l._poly_rev_91.pdf.&nbsp;]<br/> &nbsp;

*Parkhomenko, Andrii. "[https://www.andrii-parkhomenko.net/files/Parkhomenko_JMP.pdf The Rise of Housing Supply Regulation in the U.S.: Local Causes and Aggregate Implications]." Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Barcelona GSE. &nbsp;Working paper, January 5, 2017. [https://www.andrii-parkhomenko.net/files/Parkhomenko_JMP.pdf https://www.andrii-parkhomenko.net/files/Parkhomenko_JMP.pdf].<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Abstract: Regulatory restrictions on housing supply have been rising in recent decades in the U.S. and have become a major determinant of house prices. What are the implications of the rise in regulation for aggregate productivity, and for wage and house price dispersion across metropolitan areas?....I find that the rise in regulation accounts for 23% of the increase in wage dispersion and 85% of the increase in house price dispersion across metro areas from 1980 to 2007."<br/> &nbsp;

*Quigley, John M., and Steven Raphael. "Regulation and the High Cost of Housing in California."<br/> &nbsp;

*Rothwell, Jonathan, and Douglas S. Massey. "The Effect of Density Zoning on Racial Segregation in U.S. Urban Areas."<br/> &nbsp;

*Rothwell, Jonathan, and Douglas S. Massey. &nbsp;"Density Zoning and Class Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas."<br/> &nbsp;

 

=== Books ===

 

== Housing ==

 

=== Articles/papers ===

*Legislative Analyst's Office (California). [http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/housing-costs/housing-costs.aspx "California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences."] 2015-03-17.<br/> &nbsp;

*Mallach, Alan. "Using the Wrong Tools to Build Affordable Housing." ''Shelterforce'', 1 March 2016.&nbsp;<br/> [discussing French system of govt agencies or non-profits contracting to buy and maintain units in privately developed apartment buildings].&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Myers, John. "[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/11/housing-shortage-nimbys-yes-in-my-backyard-yimby Forget nimbys. Yimby housing policy can transform the UK – with the political will]." ''The Guardian'', 11 August 2017.<br/> &nbsp;

*Myers, John. “[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56eddde762cd9413e151ac92/t/598c8b62be42d6f7f8e30ebe/1502382968482/John+Myers+-+YIMBY+-+Final.pdf Yes In My Back Yard - How to end the housing crisis, boost the economy and win more votes].’’ Adam Smith Institute, 11 August 2017.&nbsp; [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56eddde762cd9413e151ac92/t/598c8b62be42d6f7f8e30ebe/1502382968482/John+Myers+-+YIMBY+-+Final.pdf. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56eddde762cd9413e151ac92/t/598c8b62be42d6f7f8e30ebe/1502382968482/John+Myers+-+YIMBY+-+Final.pdf.&nbsp;]<br/> &nbsp;

*Woetzel. Jonathan, Sangeeth Ram, Jan Mischke, Nicklas Garemo, and Shirish Sankhe. "[http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/urbanization/tackling-the-worlds-affordable-housing-challenge Tackling the world’s affordable housing challenge.]" McKinsey Global Institute, October 2014. [http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/urbanization/tackling-the-worlds-affordable-housing-challenge http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/urbanization/tackling-the-worlds-affordable-housing-challenge].<br/> &nbsp;

*Yglesias, Matthew.&nbsp;[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13513173-the-rent-is-too-damn-high The Rent is Too Damn High].[ebook].<br/> &nbsp;

 

 

=== Peer-reviewed research&nbsp; ===

*Been, Vicki, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Katherine O’Regan. “[http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/Been%20Ellen%20O'Regan%20supply_affordability_Oct%2026%20revision.pdf Supply Skepticism: Housing Supply and Affordability].” Draft, 26 Oct 2017.&nbsp;[http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/Been%20Ellen%20O'Regan%20supply_affordability_Oct%2026%20revision.pdf http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/Been%20Ellen%20O%27Regan%20supply_affordability_Oct%2026%20revision.pdf].<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"This paper is meant to bridge the divide between the arguments made by supply skeptics and what research has shown about housing supply and its effect on affordability. In the following section, we address each of the key arguments that increasing supply does not improve affordability. Many of the arguments are plausible, and we take them seriously, but we ultimately conclude, from both theory and empirical evidence, that adding new homes moderates price increases and therefore makes housing more affordable to low and moderate income families."<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"We analyze four of the most frequently voiced arguments below, drawing on both basic economic theory and empirical evidence.<br/> A. Housing is Bundled with Land, but Still is Ruled by the Laws of Supply and Demand<br/> B. Housing is Heterogeneous, but Adding Supply in One Market Will Affect Prices in Another<br/> C. Easing price pressure through additional supply may attract some demand–but not enough to completely offset the supply increase.<br/> D. Adding Supply May Raise Neighborhood Rents in Some Cases, But Neither Theory Nor Empirical Evidence Suggest that Will be The Norm.<br/> &nbsp;

*Chapple, Karen, John V. Thomas, Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler. "[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2004.9521505 Fueling the Fire: Information Technology and Housing Price Appreciation in the San Francisco Bay Area.]"&nbsp;<br/> Housing Policy Debate 15(2): 347-383. &nbsp;(2004)<br/> [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2004.9521505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2004.9521505].<br/> &nbsp;

*Diamond, Rebecca, Tim McQuade, & Franklin Qian. “[http://conference.nber.org/confer//2017/PEf17/Diamond_McQuade_Qian.pdf The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco.]” NBER working paper, October 11, 2017. [http://conference.nber.org/confer//2017/PEf17/Diamond_McQuade_Qian.pdf http://conference.nber.org/confer//2017/PEf17/Diamond_McQuade_Qian.pdf].<br/> &nbsp;

*Rosenthal, Stuart S. "[http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/rosenthal/recent%20papers/Is_Filtering_a_Viable_Source_of_Low-Income_Housing_%206_18_13.pdf Are Private Markets and Filtering a Viable Source of Low-Income Housing? Estimates from a 'Repeat Income' Model.]" ''American Economic Review'', Vol. 104, No. 2, Feb 2014 (pp. 687-706).&nbsp;<br/> DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.2.687. &nbsp;<br/> Preprint, June 2013: [http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/rosenthal/recent%20papers/Is_Filtering_a_Viable_Source_of_Low-Income_Housing_%206_18_13.pdf http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/rosenthal/recent%20papers/Is_Filtering_a_Viable_Source_of_Low-Income_Housing_%206_18_13.pdf].

*Hohmann, Jessie.''The Right to Housing: Laws, Concepts, Possibilities''. (2013).<br/> &nbsp;

*Heben, Andrew. ''Tent City Urbanism: From Self-Organized Camps to Tiny House Villages'' (2014).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Marcuse, Peter, and David Madden. [https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Housing-Politics-Crisis/dp/1784783544 ''In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis''].&nbsp;2016. [https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Housing-Politics-Crisis/dp/1784783544. https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Housing-Politics-Crisis/dp/1784783544.&nbsp;]<br/> &nbsp;

*Riis, Jacob A. ''How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York'' (1890).<br/> &nbsp;

*Walllis, Allan D. ''Wheel Estate: The Rise and Decline of Mobile Homes'' (1997).<br/> &nbsp;

*Wright, Gwendolyn. ''Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America'' (1983).<br/> &nbsp;

 

== Urbanism ==

 

=== Articles/papers ===

 

*Alexander, Christopher. ''[http://www.rudi.net/pages/8755 A city is not a tree]''. (1965). &nbsp;[suggested by [http://yimby.wiki/User:Matinbarner Matin Barner]]<br/> &nbsp;

 

''This paper documents and explains the striking reversal of fortune of urban America from 2000 to 2010. We show that almost all large American cities have experienced rising numbers in young professionals near their city center over the last decade. We assemble a rich database at a fine spatial scale to test a number of competing hypotheses explaining this recent trend. We first estimate a residential choice model to assess the relative roles of amenities, job locations, and housing prices in drawing the young and college-educated downtown. We find that initial conditions of non-tradable service amenities explain the diverging location decisions of the young and college-educated relative to their non-college-educated peers and their older college-educated counterparts. The coefficients on these initial conditions suggest that preferences for these amenities are changing over time. We investigate this hypothesis using complementary datasets, where we find that non-tradable service amenities are also playing an increasingly dominant role in the expenditure and travel decisions of the young and college educated relative to other groups. Finally, we show that these new trends are partially explained by the changing income composition and family structure of the young and college-educated and strongly related to opportunities to network and socialize with other young professionals."''<br/> &nbsp;

 

Marcuse, Peter. [http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1396&context=law_urbanlaw "Gentrification, Abandonment, and Displacement: Connections, Causes, and Policy Responses in New York City."]&nbsp;''Urban Law Annual&nbsp;; Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law'', Volume 28 (January 1985).&nbsp;[http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1396&context=law_urbanlaw http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1396&context=law_urbanlaw].

 

*Mumford, Lewis. ''[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_E90AYG2sPDWkNBY0Z6SFBFMUk What is a City?]'' article in ''Architectural Record'', 1937.<br/> &nbsp;

 

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== San Francisco / Bay Area history and issues ==

 

=== Articles/papers/studies ===

*Hood, Heather, and Geeta Rao. "The Elephant in the Region: Charting a Path for Bay Area Metro to Lead a Bold Regional Housing Agenda." Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Dec 2017.&nbsp;[https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/elephant-region-charting-path-bay-area-metro-lead-bold-regional-housing-agenda-6072 [1]].<br/> &nbsp;

*King, Steve. “[https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/ Thoughts on the Unnatural Occurrence of Cheap Housing].” Shelterforce, April 25, 2017. &nbsp;[https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/ https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/].<br/> ''"CDCs [Community Development Corporations[ and affordable housing developers have an opportunity to prevent displacement, preserve affordability, and improve the habitability of neglected housing."''<br/> &nbsp;

''• &nbsp; &nbsp;Establish a baseline of information about regional housing trends and the impacts and concerns identified by diverse constituencies;<br/> • &nbsp; &nbsp;Accelerate the CASA discussion by building on policy work done by stakeholders to date;<br/> • &nbsp; &nbsp;Create a reservoir of good ideas to draw upon throughout the CASA process; and<br/> • &nbsp; &nbsp;Distill thousands of pages of documents of relevant material into a concise and consistent format."&nbsp;''

 

*Rosen, Marcia, and Wendy Sullivan. “[http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf From Urban Renewal and Displacement to Economic Inclusion: San Francisco Affordable Housing Policy 1978-2012].” Poverty and Race Research Action Council, November 2012.&nbsp;<br/> [http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf. http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf.&nbsp;]<br/> &nbsp;

 

=== Books ===