Michael Storper

July 25, 2025

Storper et. al: Yes, YIMBY-ism Is Profoundly Conservative—And Wrong on Housing Policy

TPR invited economist, urban geographer, and Distinguished Professor of Regional and International Development in Urban Planning at UCLA Luskin, Professor Michael Storper to respond to the Atlantic's recent coverage of the housing affordability debate. Here, Storper, along with Max Buchholz (UC Berkeley), Tom Kemeny (University of Toronto), Gregory Randolph (Georgia Tech) challenge what they call “deregulationist-upzoning groupthink.”

May 9, 2019

Richard Florida: 'Build More Housing' Is No Match for Inequality

Richard Florida responds to findings by UCLA professor Michael Storper suggesting that untargeted upzoning can exacerbate high housing costs, inequality, and displacement.

March 15, 2019

Blanket Upzoning—A Blunt Instrument—Won't Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis

Michael Storper rejoins TPR to discuss his latest research paper, which serves as a critique of the “housing as opportunity” view and its emerging policy discourse.

April 9, 2018

UCLA’s Michael Storper on Squaring Urbanism & Density

Professor Michael Storper of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs outlines why the broad-brush of SB 827 will likely led to increased displacement and contradictory effects.

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