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Title: 16-08 Does Location Matter? Performance Analysis of the Affordable Housing Programs in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: On June 2015, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs lost a case in the U.S. Supreme Court due to their failure to provide equitable affordable housing under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. The U.S. Supreme Court decision has shaken the affordable housing definition by highlighting the importance of location in housing affordability. To best assist low-income families, what should ‘high-opportunity areas’ concretely provide? First and foremost is transportation affordability. Transportation is more than a sheer convenience for Americans. Looking solely at housing costs is a misleading measure of affordability and a disservice to low-income families. A recent study by the PI, found that, households in 44% of all Multifamily Section 8 properties in the nation, spend on average more than 15 percent of their income on transportation costs, making these properties effectively unaffordable. According to this methodology, more than 73% of Section 8 Multifamily properties in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) are unaffordable. This study has . . .

Url: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/transportation-reports/8/

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Authors: Hamidi, Shima; Moazzeni, Somayeh; Jahan, Jinat; Sardari, Reza; Weinreich, David

Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other

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