Housing crisis, pandemic reshaping Southern California population
Housing crisis, pandemic reshaping Southern California population
- April 1, 2022
- Jan Brueckner, economics, The Orange County Register, April 1, 2022
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Los Angeles County’s population has been declining for the past few years, but this most recent drop was the largest yet. “We’ve heard a lot about people leaving California because of affordability issues, so that’s part of it, but with the emergence of working from home, there’s a new angle to that process,” said Jan Brueckner, economics [Distinguished] Professor at UC Irvine who’s been researching the work-from-home phenomenon. “In particular, people can leave high-housing-cost areas and keep their jobs. They can move to Texas and work remotely in Los Angeles or San Francisco.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.ocregister.com/2022/04/01/housing-crisis-pandemic-reshaping-southern-california-population/.
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