Conference on Low-Income Housing Supply and Housing Affordability

Conference on Low-Income Housing Supply and Housing Affordability

 
Agenda
 
Time Program
8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Stuart Gabriel (UCLA Anderson School of Management and UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate)

Format: 35 minutes per paper (20 presentation/10 discussant/5 Q&A)

8:50 a.m.

Session One: Homeownership and Housing Returns Among Minorities
Chair: Gregor Schubert, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Returns to Homeownership and Inequality: Evidence from the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

Authors: Jeremy Moulton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (with Marina Gindelsky, Kelly Wentland and Scott Wentland)

Discussant: Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Racial Differences in the Total Rate of Return on Owner-Occupied Housing

Authors: William Diamond, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (with Rebecca Diamond)

Discussant: Mark Garmaise, UCLA Anderson School of Management

The Erosion of Homeownership and Minority Wealth

Authors: Stephen Billings, University of Colorado – Boulder (with Adam Soliman)

Discussant: Elior Cohen, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

10:35 a.m. Break
10:55 a.m.

Session Two: Housing Inequality

Chair: Stuart Rosenthal, Cornell University

Land Use Regulation, Wealth Accumulation, and Inequality

Authors: Tracy Turner, Iowa State University (with Christian Hilber)

Discussant: Mike Eriksen, Purdue University

Homeownership, Polarization, and Inequality

Author: Andrii Parkhomenko, University of Southern California

Discussant: David Albouy, University of Illinois

12:05 p.m.

Special Session: Housing and Affordability in Los Angeles

Chair: Stuart Gabriel, UCLA

Development Approval Timelines, Approval Uncertainty, and New Housing Supply: Evidence from Los Angeles

Authors: Stuart Gabriel, UCLA and Edward Kung, California State University, Northridge

Harassment or Neglect? The Influence of Market Dynamics on Landlord Behavior in Los Angeles

Authors: Gary Painter, University of Cincinnati (with Sean Angst, Jovana Rosen, and Soledad De Gregorio)

12:45 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m.

Session Three: Effects of Gentrification on Low-Income Households

Chair: Lu Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Neighborhood Revitalization and Residential Sorting

Authors: Matthew Staiger, Harvard University (with Giordano Palloni and John Voorheis)

Discussant: Christian Hilber, London School of Economics

Quantifying the Welfare Effects of Gentrification on Incumbent Low-Income Renters

Authors: Robert French, Harvard Kennedy School (with Ashvin Gandhi and Valentine Gilbert)

Discussant: Tom Davidoff, University of British Columbia

3:10 p.m. Adjourn

Time Program
8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m.

Session Four: Rent Control
Chair: Jaime Luque, ESCP Business School

Rent Control, Rent Overcharge, and Racial Disparity: Evidence from Rent Stabilization in New York City

Authors: Hanchen Jiang, University of North Texas (with Brent Ambrose, Xun Bian, and Ruoyu Chen)

Discussant: Marco Giacoletti, USC Marshall School of Business

The Perverse Effects of Rent Control: Evidence From a Large Scale Stringent Regulation in Catalonia

Authors: Luisa Carrer, Toulouse School of Economics (with Michael Abel and Jaime Luque)

Discussant: Andreas Mense, IAB Nuremburg

Priced-out: Rent Control, Wages, and Inequality

Author: Isaac Hacamo, Indiana University (with Geraldo Cerqueiro and Pedro Raposo)

Discussant: Tamar Ramot-Nyska, Bank of Israel

10:35 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m.

Session Five: Housing Market Discrimination and Race

Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Discrimination During Eviction Moratoria

Authors: Alina Arefeva, University of Wisconsin – Madison (with Qihui Hu, Kay Jowers, and Christopher Timmins)

Discussant: Nitzan Tzur-Ilan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Preferences over the Racial Composition of Neighborhoods: Estimates and Implications

Authors: Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (with Morris Davis and Jesse Gregory)

Discussant: Jorge de la Roca, University of Southern California

12:10 p.m.

Lunch and Keynote: Homelessness in Los Angeles

Lourdes Castro Ramirez

Chief Housing and Homelessness Officer, City of Los Angeles

1:30 p.m.

Session Six: Predatory Lending and Targeted Subsidies

Chair: Jan Brueckner, University of California, Irvine

The Effect of Targeted Subsidies on Poverty Exposure of Housing Voucher Recipients: Evidence from the Small-Area Fair Market Rents

Authors: Eunjee Kwon, University of Cincinnati (with Michael Eriksen and Guoyang Yang)

Discussant: Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia

Predatory Lending and Hidden Risks

Authors: Gene Amromin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (with Sumit Agarwal, Itzhak Ben-David, Douglas Evanoff and Souphala Chomsisengphet)

Discussant: Danny Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University

2:40 p.m.

Adjourn

Organizing Committee

  • Danny Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University
  • Stuart Gabriel, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Ziman Center for Real Estate
  • Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Ziman Center for Real Estate
  • Lu Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Jaime P. Luque, ESCP Business School

  • Chris Timmins, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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