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Does federally subsidized rental housing depress neighborhood property values?

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  • Ingrid Gould Ellen

    (New York University)

  • Amy Ellen Schwartz

    (New York University)

  • Ioan Voicu

    (New York University)

  • Michael H. Schill

    (UCLA School of Law)

Abstract

Few communities welcome federally subsidized rental housing, with one of the most commonly voiced fears being reductions in property values. Yet there is little empirical evidence that subsidized housing depresses neighborhood property values. This paper estimates and compares the neighborhood impacts of a broad range of federally subsidized rental housing programs, using rich data for New York City and a difference-in-difference specification of a hedonic regression model. We find that federally subsidized developments have not typically led to reductions in property values and have, in fact, led to increases in some cases. Impacts are highly sensitive to scale, though patterns vary across programs. © 2007 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

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  • Ingrid Gould Ellen & Amy Ellen Schwartz & Ioan Voicu & Michael H. Schill, 2007. "Does federally subsidized rental housing depress neighborhood property values?," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(2), pages 257-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:26:y:2007:i:2:p:257-280
    DOI: 10.1002/pam.20247
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