Learning from Existing High Opportunity Affordable Housing

Since 1986, only 10% of the over 2.5 million housing units produced using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), America’s chief vehicle for affordable housing production, have been built in high opportunity areas. These LIHTC projects are unique, as they offer greatly needed housing options to lower-income residents in communities that they would otherwise lack access to. Accordingly, this begs the guiding research question for this project: Is there a statistically significant difference between LIHTC projects built in high opportunity areas versus those built elsewhere?

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