Affordability After Subsidies: Understanding the Trajectories of Former Assisted Housing in Florida

Andres G. Blanco*, Jeongseob Kim, Anne Ray, Caleb Stewart, Hyungchul Chung

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Abstract

Each year, thousands of units are lost from the assisted rental housing inventory through deterioration and default, subsidy expiration, and market-rate conversion. While a good deal of research and data collection has focused on identifying at-risk developments, less is known about what happens to former assisted developments after they exit income and rent restrictions. This article uses a survey of former assisted properties in Florida to identify their postsubsidy trajectories—that is, as to whether developments continue as rental housing, are converted to condominiums, or leave the housing stock through vacancy and demolition; and for those that continue as rental housing, whether they continue to offer affordable rents. Using logistic regression models, the article examines the property, housing market, and neighborhood characteristics that determine these trajectories. The results show that smaller properties, those that have been out of subsidy programs longer, and those in stronger neighborhood housing markets are more likely to be converted to condominiums. Among developments that continue as rental housing, those that previously had more stringent rent restrictions, those in strong rental submarkets, and those with better transit access tend to become unaffordable compared with previous rent limits.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)374-394
Number of pages21
JournalHousing Policy Debate
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • assisted housing
  • preservation of affordable housing
  • rental housing

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