Published: 2019 | Sue Easton, Loretta Lees, Phil Hubbard, Nicholas Tate | Urban Studies Abstract Debates concerning residential population displacement in the context of gentrification remain vociferous, but are hampered by a lack of empirical evidence of the extent of…
Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Covenants of Minneapolis
Published: 2019 | Aradhya Sood, William Speagle, and Kevin Ehrman-Solberg Abstract This paper studies the effect of racially-restrictive covenants prevalent during the early-to-mid 20th century on present-day socioeconomic outcomes such as house prices and racial segregation. Racial covenants were clauses…
Locked Out: Reversing Federal Housing Failures and Unlocking Opportunity
Published: 2019 | Office of Congressman Earl Blumenaur
Inclusionary Zoning Hurts More Than It Helps
Published: 2019 | Emily Hamilton | Mercatus Institute Abstract Inclusionary zoning is popular among policymakers for two reasons. First, it appears “free.” It produces affordable housing units without an outlay of tax dollars. Second, it allows policymakers to appear as…
Driving into Debt
Published: 2019 | R. J. Cross and Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group | Ed Mierzwinski and Matt Casale, U.S. Pirg Education Fund Abstract In much of America, access to a car is all but required to hold a job or lead…
Does Gentrification Displace Poor Children? New Evidence from New York City Medicaid Data
Published: 2019 | Kacie Dragan, Ingrid Ellen, Sherry A. Glied | National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract The pace of gentrification has accelerated in cities across the country since 2000, and many observers fear it is displacing low-income populations from…
Do New Housing Units in Your Backyard Raise YourRents?
Published: 2019 | Xiaodi Li | NYU Furman Center Abstract There is a growing debate about whether new housing units increase rents for immediately surrounding apartments. Some argue new market-rate development produces a supply effect, which should alleviate the demand…
California Zoning: Housing Construction and a New Ranking of Local Land Use Regulation
Published: 2019 | Salim Furth and Olivia Gonzalez | Mercatus Center Abstract New survey data on residential land use regulation in California have allowed us to create the Mercatus-Augmented Terner California Housing Regulation (MATCHR) Index, which characterizes formal restrictions on…
Does Luxury Housing Construction Increase Nearby Rents?
Published: 2019 | Evan Mast | Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Abstract A major obstacle to new housing construction in gentrifying neighborhoods is the fear that new units will induce additional housing demand, increasing local rents and fueling further gentrification.…
Racial Rent Differences in U.S. Housing Markets
Published: 2018 | Dirk W. Early, Paul E. Carrillo, Edgar O. Olsen Abstract This paper exploits an unusually rich data set to estimate racial differences in the rents paid for identical housing in the same neighborhood in U.S. housing markets…