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Has the pandemic disproved a theory of gentrification? During the pandemic a rise in remote work has led to a falling demand for housing in urban areas as demonstrated by falling rental prices in places like San Francisco and New York. But these price drops perhaps signal something else entirely, that gentrification theories blaming new housing for increased prices are wrong. (
You’ll often hear people blaming high housing costs on luxury apartment construction but market changes during the pandemic might be proving them wrong. What is gained and what is lost as the pandemic cuts down on long commutes. You can’t just create a new Silicon Valley overnight.
Has the pandemic disproved a theory of gentrification? During the pandemic a rise in remote work has led to a falling demand for housing in urban areas, as demonstrated by falling rental prices in places like San Francisco and New York. These price drops could signal that theories blaming new luxury housing for high prices are wrong. (Jake Anbinder | The Atlantic)
This week, we’re joined by Carrie Makarewicz, associate professor at the University of Colorado at Denver; Prentiss Dantzler, assistant professor at Georgia State University; and Arlie Adkins, associate professor at The University of Arizona to talk about their paper in Housing Policy Debate: “Another Look at Location Affordability: Understanding the Detailed Effects of Income and Urban Form on Housing and Transportation Expenditures.” The paper looks at how households with varied incomes spend on housing and transportation based on location. It’s the most recent iteration of a debate about whether location impacts people’s transportation spending.
We also chat about the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a continuously collected household dataset started in 1968, the idea of housing as critical infrastructure, and the equity implications of access to jobs and destinations.