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Paved Paradise Book Discussion - May 18th at 9am PDT
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Thomas Irwin

March 2024

Our Cameo in LAist - Revisiting Home Ownership in LA
Policymakers are not learning the right lessons
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Thomas Irwin
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What For-Profit Affordable Housing Looks like in LA (Part 2 & 3)
How ED 1 Works, and What we can Learn from it
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Thomas Irwin
What For-Profit Affordable Housing Looks like in LA (Part 1)
Context on the Core Three Drivers of Unaffordability
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Thomas Irwin

February 2024

Don't vote for Your City Council based on Gaza
The case against centering intractable issues in local politics
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Thomas Irwin
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December 2023

Karen Bass and Vacant Housing
Revisiting a Zombie Ideas - that is likely not dead yet
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Thomas Irwin
2024 Pontification Book Club: Paved Paradise
How Parking Explains the World
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Creating our Own Missing Middle Housing
A personal reflection on trying to reconcile one's intellectual convictions with one's real life
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Thomas Irwin

July 2023

Pontification Book Club Discussion - July 22nd
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Thomas Irwin

April 2023

Brand New Condos are NOT Luxury Housing
Spoiler: Single-Family Homes are LA's true luxury housing
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Thomas Irwin
Reviving the California Dream
How to Resuscitate the prospects of Families in the Golden State
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Thomas Irwin

December 2022

Why LA Should Legalize Townhouses
A sustainable way to make homeownership feasible
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Thomas Irwin
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