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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.28,Issue4,P.572-591

语言

英文

关键字

Low-income housing; opportunity; minorities; tax credit; neighborhood; VOUCHER HOLDERS; RACE; SEGREGATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; PROGRAMS; POVERTY

作者单位

[Ellen, Ingrid Gould] NYU, Robert F Wagner Sch Publ Serv, New York, NY USA. [Horn, Keren Mertens] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02125 USA. [Kuai, Yiwen] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA. Kuai, YW (reprint author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA. E-Mail: xavierk@ucla.edu

摘要

A key goal of housing assistance programs is to help lower income households reach neighborhoods of opportunity. Studies have described the degree to which Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments are located in high-opportunity neighborhoods, but our focus is on how neighborhood outcomes vary across different subsets of LIHTC residents. We also examine whether LIHTC households are better able to reach certain types of neighborhood opportunities. Specifically, we use new data on LIHTC tenants in 12 states along with eight measures of neighborhood opportunity. We find that compared with other rental units, LIHTC units are located in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates, weaker labor markets, more polluted environments, and lower performing schools, but better transit access. We also find that compared with other LIHTC tenants, poor and minority tenants live in neighborhoods that are significantly more disadvantaged.