Affordable Housing as a Prerequisite for a Safe, Healthy, Equitable Transportation System: Evidence from a Nationwide Evaluation of Location Efficiency within the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program

Abstract

Mountains of research over the last several decades show that how we get around and how much physical activity we get are closely linked with the built environment of the neighborhoods where we live. This means that the health, economic, and environmental benefits associated with active travel and transit are place-based and that affordable housing in walkable, location efficient places needs to be thought of as a critical component of planners’ efforts to provide safe, healthy, and equitable transportation systems. This talk will provide an overview of the links between affordable housing and transportation planning and present research findings from a new national study of location efficiency within the Low-income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, the largest source of new affordable housing in the United States.https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/trec_seminar/1014/thumbnail.jp