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Short- and long-term effects of HOPE VI redevelopment on neighborhood housing conditions

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Recognizing the negative effects of concentrated poverty on access to quality housing and neighborhood investment, governments have pursued poverty deconcentration policies such as mixed-income housing, which promotes neighbourhood social mix to improve housing and neighborhood conditions. This study evaluated the effects of HOPE VI, an influential mixed-income housing policy in the U.S., on the housing context of surrounding neighbourhoods using quasi-experimental methods and geocoded indicators from 1990-2016. We matched HOPE VI and control census tracts, then used a flexible conditional difference-in-differences method to estimate average treatment effects on the treated, accounting for differing treatment start dates and durations. Results demonstrate that HOPE VI increased housing values and rents, decreased vacancy rates, and decreased age of housing relative to control tracts. There were no significant effects on homeownership rates. Impacts were strongest in neighbourhoods that were high poverty, high vacancy, and predominantly Black prior to grant receipt. Results suggest that HOPE VI changed broader neighborhood housing contexts.

Source: Housing Studies

DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2423820

Authors: Samantha Teixeira, Bryn Spielvogel, Dabin Hwang, Josh Lown, Rebekah Levine Coley

Institutions: Boston College, University of Utah, Northeastern University, Northeastern University

Language: English

Topic: Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Russell Sage Foundation, Sage Foundation, Boston College, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities