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Housing Stability, Evictions, and Subsidized Rental Properties: Evidence From Metro Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Austin Harrison
  • Dan Immergluck
  • Jeff Ernsthausen
  • Stephanie Earl

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Evictions cause substantial harm to lower income families. Housing subsidy might be expected to reduce eviction rates and provide greater stability. However, little research has examined the eviction rates of subsidized, affordable rental properties. We examine eviction filings for multifamily rental buildings in five-county metropolitan Atlanta, using a data set of eviction filings, property characteristics, and ownership information. We find that senior, subsidized multifamily properties have substantially lower eviction rates than market-rate properties do. A senior, subsidized multifamily rental building is expected to have an annual eviction rate that is 10.7 percentage points below that of a nonsenior, market-rate property; this result is significant (p

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  • Austin Harrison & Dan Immergluck & Jeff Ernsthausen & Stephanie Earl, 2021. "Housing Stability, Evictions, and Subsidized Rental Properties: Evidence From Metro Atlanta, Georgia," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(3-5), pages 411-424, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:31:y:2021:i:3-5:p:411-424
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2020.1798487
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