Published: 2016 | Lance Freeman, Jenny Schuetz | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Abstract As cities across the United States have rebounded from the Great Recession, an increasing number of households in urban areas are facing high rent burdens in…
Inclusionary Housing Policy in New York City: Assessing New Opportunities, Constraints, and Trade-offs
Published: 2015 | Josiah Madar | NYU Furman Center Abstract Many jurisdictions with high housing costs, including New York City, have supplemented traditional affordable housing production programs with inclusionary housing programs. By tying the creation of affordable units to market-rate…
Do Vouchers Help Low-Income Households Live in Safer Neighborhoods? Evidence on the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Published: 2011 | Michael C. Lens, Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O’Regan | Cityscape Abstract This article examines an important potential justification jor the Housing Choice Voucher Program, namely, whether participants are able to access safer neighborhoods. Using neighborhood crime…
Silver Bullet or Trojan Horse? The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets in the United States
Published: 2010 | Jenny Schuetz, Rachel Meltzer, Vicki Been | Urban Studies Abstract Many local governments are adopting inclusionary zoning (IZ) as a means of producing affordable housing without direct public subsidies. In this paper, panel data on IZ in…
Housing Market Effects of Inclusionary Zoning
Published: 2009 | Antonio Bento, Scott Lowe, Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Arnab Chakraborty | Cityscape Abstract This article presents an empirical analysis of the effects of inclusionary zoning policies on housing prices and starts in California during the period from 1988…
Housing Subsidies: Effects on Housing Decisions, Efficiency, and Equity
Published: 1985 | Harvey S. Rosen | Nation Bureau of Economic Research Abstract This paper surveys the effects of two of the most important federal policies toward housing: the “implicit subsidy” for owner-occupied housing in the income tax code, and…