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Ep 14: Family-Friendly Urbanism with Louis Thomas
UCLA Housing Voice
English - November 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47 MB - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsSocial Sciences Science housing affordable housing housing affordability housing supply tenant protections housing research land use research housing policy unaffordable rent rising rent Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In most of the U.S., cities are for singles, roommates, and childless couples, and the suburbs are for raising kids. That’s not true of much of the rest of the world, and perhaps the nearest example of family-friendly urbanism can be found just a few miles to the north, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver’s under-15 population fell by one percent citywide between 1996 and 2016, but in downtown specifically, its youth population nearly tripled. Louis Thomas, lecturer at Georgetown University and a parent himself, joins us this week to discuss the history, policies, and social infrastructure that have enabled this incredible shift, and how those lessons might translate to other cities and urban cores across North America.