Zoning Policy is Health Policy

<p>The downstream effects of exclusionary, low-density residential zoning on health and health equity should make scholars and policy makers focus on reforming zoning to make housing more plentiful and affordable in healthy neighborhoods.</p><p>Michael Lens, associate professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy and associate faculty director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at the <a href="https://www.ucla.edu/">University of California Los Angeles</a>, recently shared his perspective on the topic in a <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210907.22134/full/">Health Policy Brief published last month</a>.</p><p>On today's episode of <em>Health Affairs This Week</em>, Lens joins Health Affairs Deputy Editor of Special Content Rob Lott to discuss his research and how low-density zoning relates to health and health equity.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210907.22134/full/">Low-Density Zoning, Health, and Health Equity</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210315.747908/full/">Eviction And Health: A Vicious Cycle Exacerbated By A Pandemic</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20200724.106767/full/">Gentrification And The Health Of Legacy Residents</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200521.144527/full/">To Stem The Spread of COVID-19, Address The Challenges Of Crowded Housing</a> (<em>Health Affairs Blog</em>)</li> </ul><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PrckGFlwVI1QTNASEtaNQ">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1542851834">Castro</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey/health-affairs-this-week"