Main finding
Moves into new market-rate buildings open older homes throughout the market, and those chains reach lower-income neighborhoods within a few years.
100 new homes led 45–70 people to leave below-median-income tracts within five years
The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market
Mast
Most important limitation
The chain endpoint is modeled and counts people rather than housing units.
From the publication
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Figure 6 · Equivalent unit creation
As moves propagate, the model reaches more below-median-income and rent-burdened neighborhoods.
How this study is used
Claims this evidence supports
Reference
Mast (2023). “The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market.”