Abstract

In the context of worsening housing affordability for low- and moderate-income households, we assemble data from metropolitan areas in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom to analyze regional differences in the level and distribution of nationally supported affordable-housing units and renters with tenant-based housing benefits. We examine the location of subsidized renters comparatively, exploring how varying power arrangements between national and local governments over land-use and housing policy shape options for low-income renters. We find that US metropolitan areas are unique in the extent to which many municipalities exclude subsidized renters altogether; subsidized housing is disproportionately situated in areas with historically limited access to resources. The number of municipalities within metropolitan areas does not appear to impact the location of subsidized units, but the ability of localities to exclude is associated with their distribution.

摘要

在中低收入家庭住房负担能力恶化的背景下，我们收集了来自美国、法国和英国大都市地区的数据，分析了国家支持的经济适用房单位的水平和分布的地区差异，以及承租人享有基于租户的住房福利。我们比较研究了有补贴的租房者的位置，探讨了国家和地方政府之间在土地使用和住房政策方面的不同权力安排如何影响低收入租房者的选择。我们发现，美国大都市地区的独特之处在于，许多城市完全排除了有补贴的租房者；补贴住房不成比例地位于历史上获取资源有限的地区。