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Hot city, cool city: explaining neighbourhood-level losses in low-cost rental housing in southern US cities

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  • Dan Immergluck
  • Ann Carpenter
  • Abram Lueders

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We examine losses in affordable rental units in central cities in a key region of the United States, the South. We examine changes in low-cost rented units across eight large central cities, and then identify neighbourhood characteristics associated with such changes. Finally, we estimate a similar model in two of the cities with the greatest amount of loss in low-cost units and that have different overall housing market conditions – one a ‘hot market’ (Nashville, Tennessee) and one a ‘cool market’ (Memphis, Tennessee). We find that, generally, a number of neighbourhood conditions are associated with greater losses of low-cost units, including more young (25–34) adults, fewer public housing units, more initial low-cost units, and a larger percentage of newer units. However, these relationships do not show up consistently in the Memphis and Nashville models. The presence of younger adults (especially those aged 25–34) is a strong predictor of losing low-cost rental units in Nashville but is not a significant predictor in Memphis. Second, the presence of public housing units appears to serve as a buffer against the loss in low-cost units in a neighbourhood, but not in Memphis or Nashville, perhaps because they have fewer public housing units altogether.

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  • Dan Immergluck & Ann Carpenter & Abram Lueders, 2018. "Hot city, cool city: explaining neighbourhood-level losses in low-cost rental housing in southern US cities," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 454-478, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:18:y:2018:i:3:p:454-478
    DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2017.1386386
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    3. Amy Spring & Kayla Charleston, 2021. "Gentrification and the Shifting Geography of Male Same-Sex Couples," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(6), pages 1163-1194, December.
    4. Cassandra Johnson Gaither & Denzell A. Cross & G. Rebecca Dobbs, 2022. "Exploring Transiency in Four Urban Forest Patch Neighborhoods: Atlanta, Georgia, USA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, June.

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