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Eriksen, Michael Donald.

Supply-side housing subsidies and savings programs for the poor.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Supply-side housing subsidies and savings programs for the poor.
Author:	Eriksen, Michael Donald.
Description:	192 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3238.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-08A.
Subject:	Economics, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3323052
ISBN:	9780549746294

Supply-side housing subsidies and savings programs for the poor.
Eriksen, Michael Donald.

Supply-side housing subsidies and savings programs for the poor. - 192 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3238.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2008.

My research is concerned with the economics of low-income housing markets. The first two chapters of my dissertation examine issues related to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), a federal program that awards a subsidy to private market developers who agree to impose income-targeted rent controls on any subsidized units for at least 15 years. At least 1.6 million units have been subsidized under the program since the program's inception in 1987. The first chapter finds that 1 less private rental housing construction occurred for every 3 subsidized units through the program. The second chapter argues the program is a very expensive method to provide housing support for the poor. More specifically, units constructed under the program cost 20 percent more than those unsubsidized and developers only receive

ISBN: 9780549746294Subjects--Topical Terms:

212429
Economics, General.

Supply-side housing subsidies and savings programs for the poor.
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