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articles: Economic impacts of subsidized housing relocation

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  • Michael P. Johnson

    (H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA)

  • Arthur P. Hurter

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA)

Abstract

In recent years increased emphasis has been placed on use of "tenant-based" housing subsidies for acquisition of market-rate housing that is more economically and racially integrated than traditional "project-based" public housing. In this article, we model the short-term economic effects upon various groups of a hypothetical program in which low-income families move from inner-city public housing to spatially dispersed Section 8 rental housing. Using cross-section data from the Chicago region, impacts are computed for two of these groups. Preliminary results indicate that the short-term net economic impact of this hypothetical housing relocation is negative, that these impacts have a spatial character, and that there is a potential tradeoff between tenant benefits, housing subsidies from society and housing integration.

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  • Michael P. Johnson & Arthur P. Hurter, 1999. "articles: Economic impacts of subsidized housing relocation," Papers in Regional Science, Springer;Regional Science Association International, vol. 78(3), pages 265-295.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:presci:v:78:y:1999:i:3:p:265-295
    Note: Received: 20 January 1998
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    Cited by:

    1. Galster, George, 2002. "An economic efficiency analysis of deconcentrating poverty populations," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 303-329, December.
    2. Johnson, Michael P., 2001. "Tenant-based subsidized housing location planning under uncertainty," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 149-173, September.
    3. Michael P. Johnson & Arthur P. Hurter, 2000. "Decision Support for a Housing Mobility Program Using a Multiobjective Optimization Model," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 46(12), pages 1569-1584, December.
    4. Johnson, Michael P., 2006. "Single-period location models for subsidized housing: Project-based subsidies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 40(4), pages 249-274, December.

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    Keywords

    Housing; benefit-cost analysis; public sector; welfare economics; mobility;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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