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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.28,Issue6,P.1004-1021

语言

英文

关键字

affordable housing; mixed use; retail; LIHTC; GOOGLE STREET VIEW; FOOD STORES; NEIGHBORHOODS; SUPERMARKETS; SEGREGATION; COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPERS; PROGRAM; TRANSIT

作者单位

[Freemark, Yonah] MIT, Dept Urban Studies & Planning, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. Freemark, Y (reprint author), MIT, Dept Urban Studies & Planning, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. E-Mail: freemark@mit.edu

摘要

Mixed-use affordable housing buildings collocate residences and commercial uses. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program provides one mechanism to fund such structures. But the literature offers little insight into the frequency of mixed-use LIHTC buildings, partly because of a lack of data identifying them, and it does not pinpoint conditions that facilitate their development. I explore these issues through a Chicago, Illinois, case study. First, I analyze imagery to create the first database of mixed-use LIHTC buildings. I show that only 5% of LIHTC structures incorporate commercial uses, and that these are concentrated in wealthier, whiter, and already retail-heavy neighborhoods. Second, I use stakeholder interviews to explain the low rate and selective location of mixed-use projects; I find that the stiffest barriers are conflicting governmental policies, difficulties securing financing in the context of a perception of weak retail demand and investor desires for reliable returns, and design constraints.