Alex Schafran
@alexschafran.bsky.social
California Houser. Consultant, Podcaster, Nudge. Author: The Road to Resegregation (2018, UC Press) & The Spatial Contract (2020, MUP). Alexschafran.substack.com, schafranstrategies.com
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Alex Schafran
@alexschafran.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Where We Go From Here | Alex Schafran | Substack
A heady & highly filtered missive on the past, present and future of Housing, Planning & Politics. California-focused, with Bigger Ideas included. Click to read Where We Go From Here, by Alex Schafran...
alexschafran.substack.com
Hi Bluesky! If you're interested in housing, especially in California, then I'm your person. Check out the Substack and the Podcast (Housing After Dark) alexschafran.substack.com I promise highly filtered takes, zero hyperbole + an appreciation for every corner of the housing world.
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New from me: this podcast episode from @alexschafran.bsky.social’s podcast Housing After Dark. This conversation is a repeat of the panel for practitioners we held at @spur-urbanist.bsky.social San Francisco earlier this year, alongside Egon Terplan.
open.spotify.com/episode/1gY0...
open.spotify.com/episode/1gY0...
Housing After Dark Episode 21: Magda Maaoui on Lessons for American Housers: Why France and the US are More Similar Than We Think
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September 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New from me: this podcast episode from @alexschafran.bsky.social’s podcast Housing After Dark. This conversation is a repeat of the panel for practitioners we held at @spur-urbanist.bsky.social San Francisco earlier this year, alongside Egon Terplan.
open.spotify.com/episode/1gY0...
open.spotify.com/episode/1gY0...
Amidst everything that is happening in and to our country, I know that I need to take breaks to remind myself of what is happening in other countries.
June 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Amidst everything that is happening in and to our country, I know that I need to take breaks to remind myself of what is happening in other countries.
New Episodes of Housing After Dark! Come listen to for HUD/FHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Ethan Handleman talk about what is happening to our federal housing system. bit.ly/4cRf6C6
Housing After Dark Episode 20: Ethan Handelman on What's Happening in Washington Today
Making sense of the onslaught of firings and threats to critical housing funding + kernels of hope in bipartisan legislation and areas of housing where change is possible
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April 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New Episodes of Housing After Dark! Come listen to for HUD/FHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Ethan Handleman talk about what is happening to our federal housing system. bit.ly/4cRf6C6
Some thoughts on Housing After January 20th. Published on the 19th. Sadly still valid on the 21st. bit.ly/4jiirga
Housing After January 20th, 2025
Staying steady and trying new approaches are not opposites
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January 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Some thoughts on Housing After January 20th. Published on the 19th. Sadly still valid on the 21st. bit.ly/4jiirga
Hard to believe it's year 4 of my California Housing Substack. That means it's time for the annual Hopes and Dreams post, this one with my heart in Los Angeles. If you're new to my work, this is a good path in. bit.ly/40rN0IX
Hopes and Dreams for California Housing: 2025 Edition
Looking back to look forward, and thinking about Los Angeles
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January 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hard to believe it's year 4 of my California Housing Substack. That means it's time for the annual Hopes and Dreams post, this one with my heart in Los Angeles. If you're new to my work, this is a good path in. bit.ly/40rN0IX
Hi Bluesky! If you're interested in housing, especially in California, then I'm your person. Check out the Substack and the Podcast (Housing After Dark) alexschafran.substack.com I promise highly filtered takes, zero hyperbole + an appreciation for every corner of the housing world.
Where We Go From Here | Alex Schafran | Substack
A heady & highly filtered missive on the past, present and future of Housing, Planning & Politics. California-focused, with Bigger Ideas included. Click to read Where We Go From Here, by Alex Schafran...
alexschafran.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Hi Bluesky! If you're interested in housing, especially in California, then I'm your person. Check out the Substack and the Podcast (Housing After Dark) alexschafran.substack.com I promise highly filtered takes, zero hyperbole + an appreciation for every corner of the housing world.