ABSTRACT

This article analyses the integration of green building with the largest low-income housing production programme in the US and the innovativeness of state housing agencies. Drawing on policy innovation literature, panel data and regression analysis are employed to quantify associations between state-level characteristics and the adoption of green building criteria into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) programme. Results show that housing agencies have increasingly adopted green building criteria, and most have identified co-benefits from energy-efficient buildings and smart growth. Despite overall progress, the rate of adoption of green building criteria has decreased, few US states have comprehensive criteria, and many have dropped important criteria, such as on-site renewable energy generation, often due to perceived additional costs to developers and, in some cases, due to perceived progress in building codes. Results are consistent with hypotheses derived from the literature and suggest that the integration of green building with the LIHTC programme is significantly associated with the states’ internal factors, such as public housing agencies’ motivations and resources, and external factors like regional policy diffusion from other states. Future research should explore organization-level factors that affect environmental policy innovation.

摘要

本文分析了绿色建筑与美国最大的低收入住房生产计划的整合以及州住房机构的创新性。利用政策创新文献、面板数据和回归分析来量化州级特征与将绿色建筑标准纳入低收入住房税收抵免 (LIHTC) 计划之间的关联。结果表明，住房机构越来越多地采用绿色建筑标准，并且大多数已经确定了节能建筑和智能增长的共同利益。尽管取得了整体进展，但绿色建筑标准的采用率有所下降，美国很少有州制定全面的标准，许多州已经放弃了重要的标准，例如现场可再生能源发电、通常是由于感知到开发商的额外成本，在某些情况下，由于感知到建筑规范的进展。结果与文献中的假设一致，表明绿色建筑与 LIHTC 计划的整合与各州的内部因素（例如公共住房机构的动机和资源）以及外部因素（例如来自其他国家的区域政策扩散）显着相关。状态。未来的研究应该探索影响环境政策创新的组织层面的因素。例如公共住房机构的动机和资源，以及其他国家的区域政策扩散等外部因素。未来的研究应该探索影响环境政策创新的组织层面的因素。例如公共住房机构的动机和资源，以及其他国家的区域政策扩散等外部因素。未来的研究应该探索影响环境政策创新的组织层面的因素。