Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
A shortage of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households in job-rich suburbs is one of the biggest obstacles to upward mobility for those households, yet our understanding of the factors influencing the distribution of affordable housing development is weak. Focusing on suburbs in Hennepin County, Minnesota, I use qualitative case studies of eight cities and a statistical analysis of 39 to demonstrate that the geography of economic incentives to develop affordable units has the strongest influence. Contrary to common beliefs, opposition of middle-class suburbanites to affordable housing is a weak factor. Public policy should therefore focus on altering economic incentives.
Recommended Citation
Malloy, Patrick, "The Political Economy of Affordable Housing Development in Suburban Hennepin County, Minnesota" (2010). Geography Honors Projects. 20.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/geography_honors/20
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