Edited Volumes by Laura Gracia-Santiago
by Kenton Card, Elise Boretz, Sara Beth Harrell, Abou Ibrahim-Biangoro, Gabriel Lozano, Michelle Rolon, Rosa Coronado, Marco A. Covarrubias, Leslie Ezeh, Winnie Fong, Roberto Garcia-Ceballos, Laura Gracia-Santiago, Frances Huynh, Zerita Jones, and Fanny Ortiz UCLA Community Collaborative, 2020
INTRODUCTION
The 2020 UCLA Community Collaborative is an applied research proje ct that operated ... more INTRODUCTION
The 2020 UCLA Community Collaborative is an applied research proje ct that operated through the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs from January to June 2020. The project brought graduate students in Urban Planning and Public Health together with community partners from South and East Los Angeles to address the question: How can LA’s working-class communities of color disrupt the devastating impact of speculative capital that is raising housing costs, creating displacement, and destabilizing neighborhoods? The project evolved to also address the emergent crisis of COVID-19, the stay-at-home orders, and the impact of the pursuant economic crisis on Los Angeles area housing. This course gave students and local practitioners the opportunity to learn together, conduct research, and develop a final project serving community organizers and policymakers.
PROJECT RATIONALE
Globally, there has been a shift toward land and housing serving as an investment tool rather than satisfying the basic human need for shelter. Residential real estate now
constitutes 42% of global wealth. In Los Angeles, there are major racial and ethnic wealth disparities, with Latino and Black households having about 1 cent for every dollar of Whites’ wealth. Renters – who make up 63% of all Angeleno households – have not fared well as their homes have been commodified, and they have almost no opportunity or leverage to intervene in the real estate market to protect their families’ interests or to keep their communities whole.
Low-income neighborhoods of color such as those in South and East Los Angeles are disproportionately vulnerable to regional economic changes in the city. Considering the current public health crisis and the economic crisis projected to follow, low-income neighborhoods of color will face growing impacts of speculation and displacement by financial actors with greater, more immediate access to capital. This document represents comprehensive research addressing housing speculation, the intersection between housing speculation and public health, and possible
policy responses to promote housing justice and equity.
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Edited Volumes by Laura Gracia-Santiago
The 2020 UCLA Community Collaborative is an applied research proje ct that operated through the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs from January to June 2020. The project brought graduate students in Urban Planning and Public Health together with community partners from South and East Los Angeles to address the question: How can LA’s working-class communities of color disrupt the devastating impact of speculative capital that is raising housing costs, creating displacement, and destabilizing neighborhoods? The project evolved to also address the emergent crisis of COVID-19, the stay-at-home orders, and the impact of the pursuant economic crisis on Los Angeles area housing. This course gave students and local practitioners the opportunity to learn together, conduct research, and develop a final project serving community organizers and policymakers.
PROJECT RATIONALE
Globally, there has been a shift toward land and housing serving as an investment tool rather than satisfying the basic human need for shelter. Residential real estate now
constitutes 42% of global wealth. In Los Angeles, there are major racial and ethnic wealth disparities, with Latino and Black households having about 1 cent for every dollar of Whites’ wealth. Renters – who make up 63% of all Angeleno households – have not fared well as their homes have been commodified, and they have almost no opportunity or leverage to intervene in the real estate market to protect their families’ interests or to keep their communities whole.
Low-income neighborhoods of color such as those in South and East Los Angeles are disproportionately vulnerable to regional economic changes in the city. Considering the current public health crisis and the economic crisis projected to follow, low-income neighborhoods of color will face growing impacts of speculation and displacement by financial actors with greater, more immediate access to capital. This document represents comprehensive research addressing housing speculation, the intersection between housing speculation and public health, and possible
policy responses to promote housing justice and equity.
The 2020 UCLA Community Collaborative is an applied research proje ct that operated through the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs from January to June 2020. The project brought graduate students in Urban Planning and Public Health together with community partners from South and East Los Angeles to address the question: How can LA’s working-class communities of color disrupt the devastating impact of speculative capital that is raising housing costs, creating displacement, and destabilizing neighborhoods? The project evolved to also address the emergent crisis of COVID-19, the stay-at-home orders, and the impact of the pursuant economic crisis on Los Angeles area housing. This course gave students and local practitioners the opportunity to learn together, conduct research, and develop a final project serving community organizers and policymakers.
PROJECT RATIONALE
Globally, there has been a shift toward land and housing serving as an investment tool rather than satisfying the basic human need for shelter. Residential real estate now
constitutes 42% of global wealth. In Los Angeles, there are major racial and ethnic wealth disparities, with Latino and Black households having about 1 cent for every dollar of Whites’ wealth. Renters – who make up 63% of all Angeleno households – have not fared well as their homes have been commodified, and they have almost no opportunity or leverage to intervene in the real estate market to protect their families’ interests or to keep their communities whole.
Low-income neighborhoods of color such as those in South and East Los Angeles are disproportionately vulnerable to regional economic changes in the city. Considering the current public health crisis and the economic crisis projected to follow, low-income neighborhoods of color will face growing impacts of speculation and displacement by financial actors with greater, more immediate access to capital. This document represents comprehensive research addressing housing speculation, the intersection between housing speculation and public health, and possible
policy responses to promote housing justice and equity.