In Search of a City: The LA Housing Podcast Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:49:32 -0400 https://lahousingpod.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 In Search of a City: The LA Housing Podcast yes Los Angeles, CA, USA 97b443fe-cefb-50c6-b0e0-31ed378eec75 In Search of a City: The LA Housing Podcast episodic false LA's housing crisis is inescapable. From people forced to sleep on the sidewalk to those who have to spend hours commuting to their jobs. In Search of a City covers the effort to fix it, two weeks at a time. It's hosted by people who actually work on the problem: a city councilmember, a housing advocate, a developer, and a young urbanist voice, all talking through the week's biggest housing news together. Every episode also digs into one issue in depth, with an expert guest, to help you actually understand what's blocking new homes and what could fix it.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Housing, Urban Planning, Los Angeles, Local News, LA News, News, City Planning, YIMBY, LA, California, Homelessness, Policy In Search of a City: The LA Housing Podcast https://storage.buzzsprout.com/whvd11kk7vk34ffsr32lvl1tuh5l?.jpg In Search of a City: The LA Housing Podcast https://lahousingpod.buzzsprout.com Why Is LA the Worst Big City in America at Housing? Why Is LA the Worst Big City in America at Housing? LA has the highest rate of overcrowded households in America, the lowest homeownership rate of any major city, and the most unsheltered homelessness in the country. Over the past five years, LA County lost about 300,000 people — from a region that's still adding jobs.

So is LA uniquely bad at this? Or just unlucky?

In the first episode of In Search of a City, four Angelenos who work on housing from very different angles break down what happened at the end of California's Legislative session, why California quietly stopped building condos two decades ago, and why a region of 88 separate cities can't seem to build homes for the people who already want to live here.

CHAPTERS

00:03 Introducing the podcast
00:52 Co-host Io Sunwoo Intro
02:40 Co-host Jonny Hale Intro
03:53 Co-host Leslie Ridings Intro
05:29 Co-host Jesse Zwick intro
08:26 Housing News: The Last 2 Weeks
08:41 State Legislative Session Results
09:40 AB1903: Homeownership and Condo Reform
21:53 SB1116: Missing Middle Housing Reform
33:27 AB2074: Downtown Revitalization Act
43:00 Why is LA so bad at housing?
01:01:52 Public Comment

YOUR HOSTS
Jesse Zwick — Southern California Director, Housing Action Coalition
Io Sunwoo — CEO and Managing Partner, Shelter X
Jonny Hale — UCLA law student, Intern at Inner City Law Center, housing and transportation advocate
Leslie Ridings — downtown organizer and Abundant Housing LA board member

PUBLIC COMMENT
Got something to say to us? We read everything.
Email: lahousingpod@gmail.com
X: @HACdotorg
Instagram: @housingactioncoalition

New episodes every two weeks. If this was useful, rate and review — it's how more people find fact-based information about solving LA's housing crisis.

#HousingPolicy #LosAngeles #YIMBY #Urbanism #CaliforniaHousing

]]> LA has the highest rate of overcrowded households in America, the lowest homeownership rate of any major city, and the most unsheltered homelessness in the country. Over the past five years, LA County lost about 300,000 people — from a region that's still adding jobs.

So is LA uniquely bad at this? Or just unlucky?

In the first episode of In Search of a City, four Angelenos who work on housing from very different angles break down what happened at the end of California's Legislative session, why California quietly stopped building condos two decades ago, and why a region of 88 separate cities can't seem to build homes for the people who already want to live here.

CHAPTERS

00:03 Introducing the podcast
00:52 Co-host Io Sunwoo Intro
02:40 Co-host Jonny Hale Intro
03:53 Co-host Leslie Ridings Intro
05:29 Co-host Jesse Zwick intro
08:26 Housing News: The Last 2 Weeks
08:41 State Legislative Session Results
09:40 AB1903: Homeownership and Condo Reform
21:53 SB1116: Missing Middle Housing Reform
33:27 AB2074: Downtown Revitalization Act
43:00 Why is LA so bad at housing?
01:01:52 Public Comment

YOUR HOSTS
Jesse Zwick — Southern California Director, Housing Action Coalition
Io Sunwoo — CEO and Managing Partner, Shelter X
Jonny Hale — UCLA law student, Intern at Inner City Law Center, housing and transportation advocate
Leslie Ridings — downtown organizer and Abundant Housing LA board member

PUBLIC COMMENT
Got something to say to us? We read everything.
Email: lahousingpod@gmail.com
X: @HACdotorg
Instagram: @housingactioncoalition

New episodes every two weeks. If this was useful, rate and review — it's how more people find fact-based information about solving LA's housing crisis.

#HousingPolicy #LosAngeles #YIMBY #Urbanism #CaliforniaHousing

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