UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate

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Ziman News

UCLA Ziman Center Launches New Affordable Housing Development Program

The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate is pleased to launch the Howard and Irene Levine Affordable Housing Development Program (HILAHDP), a new university-level educational program designed to provide professionals with the knowledge and practical skills to develop affordable housing. Affordable housing development is a highly specialized sector, requiring specific knowledge and expertise in the areas of entitlement, public-private funding sources, tax-credits, capital structures, design, and project management. Drawing on UCLA's existing affordable housing educational programming, the HILAHDP cohort will receive instruction from UCLA faculty and affiliated professionals utilizing proven instruction methodologies and teaching materials.

News & Events

Mortgage Default Risk Index (MDRI) 2018 Q2 Release: Mortgage Default Risk Low with U.S. Economy at Full Strength

July 2018

UCLA Economic Letter: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times for Housing

June 2018

UCLA Affordable Housing Policy Brief: Cracking the Housing Code - Will Transit, Density & Land-Use Controls Help Solve CA.'s Affordability Crisis?

April 2018

How Two Smart California Laws Kept the 2008 Mortgage Crisis from Being Far Worse // Sacramento Bee Op-Ed by Ziman Center Director Stuart Gabriel and co-author Chandler Lutz

March 13, 2018

WATCH THE VIDEO // UCLA Housing, Equity & Community Series - Protecting Renters: Discussions of Rent Control, Stabilization & Eviction

February 26, 2018

WATCH THE VIDEO // Fannie Mae & UCLA Ziman Center Affordable Housing Symposium

February 5, 2018

Conference Coverage

On May 31, 2018, the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and Mercy Housing California co-hosted the symposium
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Democracy? Challenges to Building Affordable Housing in Los Angeles.

Keynote Presentation: The Housing Debacle

Michael Woo, Dean of the College of Environmental Design, Cal Poly Pomona, and formerly LA City Council Member, 13th District, on the housing debacle.

Panel I: Democracy in Action and Future State Laws

Recent legislative efforts have met significant resistance from neighborhood and housing advocates deeply concerned about displacement and gentrification, most especially in LA's communities-of-color.

Panel II: Taking Stock: Land Use and Affordable Housing

CA. and LA are failing to build sufficient housing to meet the needs of an ever-growing population, namely because of the difficulty of entitling new homes.

Highlights

Student Development

The Ziman Center sponsors a wide array of UCLA Anderson, UCLA Law and UCLA undergraduate student organizations, programs and activities to augment student training and development for careers in real estate.

UCLA Law Clinic Step Up Groundbreaking 2014

Community Outreach

Housing is fundamental to our quality of life, not just in Los Angeles, but around the world. UCLA possesses the academic expertise and core public education and service mission to play a leadership role in this area.