A new working paper released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications titled The Effect of Low-Income Housing on Neighborhood Mobility: Evidence from Linked Micro-Data assesses the impact of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments on neighborhood mobility patterns. The authors find little evidence that LIHTC construction impacts neighborhood mobility patterns, or that it significantly changes the composition of neighborhoods. The study is the first to examine the causal relationship between subsidized housing and neighborhood choice on a national scale.
Click here for the full summary by the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/article/study-finds-little-evidence-lihtc-impact-neighborhood-mobility