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The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

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<strong>Concentration</strong> <strong>of</strong> Other Site-Based <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> 2Very few studies investigate site-based subsidized housing other than publichousing or LIHTC and therefore we know very little about levels <strong>of</strong> concentration orhow they interact with other types <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing. 3Two studies <strong>of</strong> housing created under the New York City Ten Year <strong>Housing</strong>Plan that included both federal and local funding, found that subsidized housing unitswere associated with increased sale prices <strong>of</strong> nearby properties. Ellen, Schwartz,Voicu and Schill (2007) used a hedonic price method to study site-based subsidizedhousing in New York City from 1974 to 2000. <strong>The</strong> regression included building andneighborhood variables for two distances including the immediate neighbors (within2,000 feet <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing) and the wider neighborhood (outside 2,000 feet but2 Other Site-Based <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> includes Scattered Site Public <strong>Housing</strong>,Section 8 Project-Based, Section 202 (elderly), Section 811 (disabled), and locallyfunded programs.3Data comparing demographic characteristics <strong>of</strong> residents in different types <strong>of</strong>subsidized housing is available but geographic coding for concentration studies waslimited prior to the late 1990’s. <strong>The</strong> average income <strong>of</strong> households in public housing($12,715), Vouchers ($12,411), and private subsidized ($11,056) were quite similar.Racial composition varied considerably by type: public housing (29% white), vouchers(36% white) and private subsidized (50% white) (Turner and Kingsley, 2008, p. 5).22

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