Comment on Kirk McClure's “The low‐income housing tax credit program goes Mainstream and moves to the suburbs”

David Varady

Housing Policy Debate, 2006, vol. 17, issue 3, 461-472

Abstract: The news that the Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has gone mainstream and moved to the suburbs is to be welcomed, but we should not have unrealistic expectations. The program is likely to lead to only a limited amount of income mixing in the surrounding area. These developments work against social mixing since so many of the residents have low incomes. Also, it would be a mistake to view the program as a substitute for the Housing Choice Voucher Program because it outperforms the latter as a device for deconcentrating poverty in the nation as a whole. In places like Alameda County, CA, voucher recipients have been subur‐banizing in large numbers, and this model needs to be replicated. Finally, suburban LIHTC developments will achieve their full potential only if community groups are involved early in the application process and if tenants are carefully screened and rules are strictly enforced.

Date: 2006
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