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“Not in My Backyard”: The Effect of Substance Abuse Treatment Centers on Property Values

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  • Claire La Roche
  • Bennie Waller
  • Scott Wentland

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Residential treatment centers offer the most intense form of treatment for substance abuse and are often embedded in residential neighborhoods. As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the number of treatment centers has been forecasted to burgeon. We examine the external effect of residential rehab centers on nearby real estate. As addiction treatment centers are planned, a common response of nearby property owners is ‘‘not in my backyard’’ (NIMBY). Using a large MLS dataset from central Virginia, we estimate the impact of substance abuse treatment centers on nearby home prices and liquidity (as measured by time on market). We find that a neighboring treatment center is associated with an 8% reduction in nearby home prices, and that this discount is magnified for treatment centers that specifically treat opiate addiction (as much as 17%).

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  • Claire La Roche & Bennie Waller & Scott Wentland, 2014. "“Not in My Backyard”: The Effect of Substance Abuse Treatment Centers on Property Values," Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 63-92, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsrexx:v:6:y:2014:i:1:p:63-92
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2014.12091865
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