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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 5, 2022
Communications Officer
School of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Summary Sentence:
The article appears in the "Journal of Housing Economics."
Full Summary:
The article appears in the "Journal of Housing Economics."
Brian AnBrian An, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Housing Economics. The article, “Effects of Concentrated LIHTC Development on Surrounding House Prices,” examines how developments from the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit affect house prices in nearby neighborhoods and communities.
An and his co-authors find that overall, these developments have positive effects on surrounding property values, particularly in communities with lower incomes. They take a different approach from most other research in the field by analyzing high-density developments in an area — in this case, Cook County, Illinois — as opposed to more scattered ones.
“[Our findings underscore] the importance of a balanced approach to funding affordable housing investments across a wide variety of communities,” the authors write. “Further development of such properties in higher-opportunity neighborhoods has the potential to help lower-income households reap the benefits of living in more affluent areas.”
The full paper can be read at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2022.101838.
