Increased duration and sample attrition in New York City's rent controlled sector

Article Abstract:

Previous studies tend to support the proposition of economists that tenants who live in rent controlled apartments are less mobile than those who do not. These tenants are presumed to move less often because they want to continue taking advantage of the reduced rent. A new study reinvestigates this issue by comparing the mobility of residents in New York City's strict rent controlled sector and of tenants in the city's moderate rent stabilized sector between 1978 and 1987. The results confirmed the findings of earlier research that people who lived in rent controlled apartments were less likely to move than those who do not. However, the new study offers an alternative explanation for the limited mobility of controlled sector tenants. It proposes that residential mobility is significantly influenced by the tenants' demographic characteristics, especially race and age.

Tenants, Rent control

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Utility changes in housing and neighborhood services for households moving into and out of distressed neighborhoods

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The question of utility, the consumption of housing and neighborhood services, as a factor in moving decisions was studied for two distressed neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, Israel. A questionnaire of families moving in and out of the neighborhoods attempted to pin down their degree of satisfaction, both with their housing and their surroundings. Such factors as law and order, child rearing environment and dwelling size affected satisfaction with a neighborhood. Statistical study indicates that families are willing to move when neighborhood utility decreases, if the housing quality improvement is seen as significant.

Israel, Demographic aspects, Surveys, Households, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Overlapping neighborhoods and housing externalities

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Neighborhoods have been analyzed based on feedbacks and distances. Traditionally, positive feedback and distance are associated with neighborhood models, with the insular approach being the most commonly used model. The insular model, however, is not without flaws. Earlier models also showed little feedback, which is integral to housing externalities and exerts effects on the supply cycle. Secondary and succeeding-round effects of land use must be considered since policy changes will create repercussions. The lack of convincing proof of neighborhood effects does not indicate absence.

Planning, Externalities (Economics), Neighborhood, Neighborhoods, Land use, Zoning

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