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Changes in households' ownership patterns are examined by focusing on three families possessing 'traditional owner-occupier' demographic traits. The reference households are similar in that they have recently entered the prime ownership stage of their lifecycles, live in areas with typical house prices and rents, and have at least one child. In addition, their heads have the same race, marital status and age range. The household heads differ with respect to their education and family income. The head of the first family has no high school diploma and has a corresponding income level, while the head of the second family graduated from high school and has an income typical of households headed by a high school graduate. The third family head is a college graduate whose income is the median for households headed by college graduates. One of the most significant results of the study is that race plays an increasing role in predicting suburban home ownership.
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People with low incomes, and the elderly, are the main beneficiaries of New York City rent control laws which went into effect in 1981. Benefit targeting is shown to be poor. No net negative racial effects are shown for rent controls. Rent control beneficiaries tend to maintain significantly longer tenancy periods than those who do not receive such benefits. The resource distribution effects of the new-type rent controls are evaluated through investigation of rent control benefit distribution among New York City renters. The evolution of the New York City rent control program is detailed briefly, and its key features summarized. The method used for measuring the rent control summary is described, the resulting data is presented, and empirical results provided.
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The evidence of how rent controls have an influence on rental housing quality was investigated by using a logit specification to analyze the 1968 Housing and Vacancy Survey for New York City. The year 1968 was selected for analysis because rent controls were in place for over two decades at that time, and after 1968, New York switched to rent stabilization methods. Research results indicate that after controlling for housing quality, borough location, and building age, rent control had a large negative impact on rental structure quality, especially in smaller buildings. There was nearly a nine percent chance that a smaller, older building would be in unsound condition if units were rent controlled compared to units not under rent control limitations.
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