Housing

November 1, 2012

LABC’s Mayoral Housing Transportation Summit Addresses Post-Redevelopment, Where We Go Next

TPR presents the following excerpts from the Los Angeles Business Council Mayoral Housing, Transportation, and Jobs Summit panel, Housing Plus Along Transit Corridors, moderated by Dan Rosenfeld and featuring Tony Salazar, President of West Coast Operations, McCormack Baron Salazar Inc., California Assemblymember Mike Feuer, and Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles President and CEO Doug Guthrie. 

October 30, 2012

Leinberger and Becker Hail Smart Growth at Rail~Volution Conference

Chris Leinberger, President of LOCUS, and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, address transit-oriented development and smart growth from the perspectives of a real estate developer and a politician.

August 1, 2012

Mercedes Marquez: LA City’s New Deputy Mayor for Housing

Interview with Mercedes Marquez, who, after serving three years with HUD and the Obama Administration, takes on the position of Deputy Mayor for Housing with the City of Los Angeles.

November 4, 2011

Real Estate Ponders Industry’s Future Trajectory At ULI Conference

The Urban Land Institute's conference in Los Angeles featured a panel around a publication on where the real estate industry in trending. Peter Rummell, Patrick Phillips, Joseph Azrack, Thomas Toomey, and Victor MacFarlane discuss finance, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, and investment uncertainties.

March 16, 2026

Darrell Steinberg Backs Hertzberg’s Bold Middle-Class Housing Bond

As California continues to confront a deepening housing crisis, state leaders are reevaluating how to expand access to homeownership beyond traditional programs. Sacramento Mayor and former Senate leader Darrell Steinberg highlights a groundbreaking market-based solution to close the gap between subsidized affordable units and costly market-rate homes.

March 16, 2026

The Lotus Model: Market-Rate Housing as a Solution for Homelessness in Neighborhoods of Opportunity

Beth Silverman, Lotus Campaign’s co-founder and executive director, shares the organization’s market-driven model for addressing homelessness by aligning the real estate sector, social service providers, and individuals seeking stable housing. Beth explains how Lotus, launched in 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina, reduces landlord risk through financial guarantees and support services while expanding access to existing housing in “neighborhoods of opportunity.”

February 11, 2026

Plant Prefab’s Moment: Steve Glenn on Post-Fire Rebuilds, New Commercial Ventures, and Market Signals

As wildfire rebuilding, affordability pressures, and labor constraints converge, off-site construction is moving from niche solution to market necessity. In this interview, Founder and CEO of Plant Prefab, Steve Glenn, reflects on two decades in industrialized housing, tracing how prefab has evolved from design experimentation to a delivery-driven business shaped by automation, permitting frameworks, and capital discipline.

September 11, 2025

L.A. City Council Votes to Oppose State Housing Bill SB 79 (Excerpt)

In reporting by David Wagner for LAist, TPR excerpts coverage of the Los Angeles City Council’s narrow vote to oppose Senate Bill 79, legislation by Sen. Scott Wiener that would override local land-use restrictions and allow denser housing near major transit stops. The contentious debate highlights ongoing tensions between state housing mandates and local control.

July 10, 2025

Can 'Quality' Solve L.A.’s Housing Crisis?

Utilizing Vienna as a case study, the authors describe how a broader paradigm shift towards quality, human-sale development can make housing more affordable while delivering on housing needs and neighborhood desires.

July 3, 2025

LA Alliance for Human Rights v City of LA: Judge Carter Rules Against Receivership

TPR excerpts U.S. District Judge David O. Carter's June 25 decision declining to place the city of Los Angeles’s nearly $1 billion homelessness programs into receivership.

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