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What to do with vacant and abandoned residential structures? The effects of teardowns and rehabilitations on nearby properties
Author(s) -
Hofe Rainer,
Parent Olivier,
Grabill Meghan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/jors.12413
Subject(s) - demolition , spillover effect , census , business , geography , demographic economics , economic geography , economics , demography , population , archaeology , sociology , macroeconomics
In the presented paper, we estimate the impacts of three distinct housing policy interventions to deal with distressed and abandoned residential properties: leaving vacant buildings in their current state, remodeling/rebuilding residential structures, and razing vacant structures. We show that vacant structures negatively impact nearby housing up to 4.1%, but when demolition is followed by complete reconstruction, neighboring housing can be appreciated by as much as 14.1%. In addition, negative spillover effects from foreclosures and vacant buildings are primarily observed in low‐income and middle‐income Census tracts, whereas positive spillover effects generated by remodeling are seen in high‐income Census tracts.

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