Lusk Perspectives

About Lusk Perspectives

During a time of great uncertainty and change, connection and information is a more important resource than ever before. Today's problems could be amplified or altered in a matter of days or hours, so it is vital that organizations and thought leaders frequently share knowledge, dispel rumors, and offer insight. To meet this need, the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate hosts the resource Lusk Perspectives. Hosted by Professor and Lusk Center Director Richard K. Green, Lusk Perspectives offers timely conversations concerning real estate and urban economics.

Publisher

University of Southern California

Category

education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 May 2020

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Rebuilding Public Housing, Reshaping Neighborhoods

   Redeveloping public housing can improve surrounding neighborhoods, but those benefits are not always shared equally. Lizhong Liu (RAND) joins Richard K. Green (USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to discuss how housing shapes access to opportunity and how redevelopment can extend that opportunity beyond the public housing site itself. Drawing on national research and examples including Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes and Los Angeles' Jordan Downs, Liu highlights measurable neighborhood gains alongside the high costs, displacement, and other difficult tradeoffs that can come with redevelopment. Highlights include: How public housing deteriorated in the US and how the HOPE VI program sought to improve both the properties and their surrounding neighborhoods Evidence that HOPE VI neighborhoods experienced increases in average resident income, housing value, and rents Why some redevelopment projects can cost millions of dollars per unit and who defines what's "worth it" The displacement problem: fewer than 30% of original residents typically returned after redevelopment, a shortcoming the newer Choice Neighborhoods Initiative is designed to address More: https://lusk.usc.edu/perspectives

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Restructuring Real Estate When Assumptions Change

   Cynthia Nelson of FTI Consulting and Richard K. Green of USC Lusk Center for Real Estate discuss restructuring commercial real estate amidst changing industry assumptions and economic shifts.

3. 

   5 May 2026

   When Water Rewrites the Rules

   Richard K. Green interviews Roni Deitz about how unpredictable water behavior reshapes real estate and infrastructure, offering insights for resilient urban planning.

Who has been a guest on Lusk Perspectives

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cynthia Nelson
• Roni Deitz
• Kyle Ransford
• Joel Bryant
• Sean Burton

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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