House to Housing 401


UCLA - Architecture and Urban Design - M.Arch 1st year - Spring 2022


The value of homeownership has underpinned not only the American economy, but the very image of American life for much of the past century. Homeownership provided a foothold on the economic ladder, stability in community life, and the fantasy of manifest destiny at the heart of the “American dream”. However, with the collapse of the housing market and the transformation of the economy over the past decade, the housing dream—which masked the many exclusions it had been built upon—has been revealed as such. The barrier to entry into the housing market has become impossible for most and is especially steep in Los Angeles where home prices have skyrocketed and fueled waves of gentrification and displacement, further eroding the economic prospects of Angelenos and social and cultural fabric of the city.


By Jane Wu





By Mavis Zhao








Students work by UCLA - Architecture and Urban Design - M.Arch 1st year - Spring 2022
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