PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Currie, Janet
AU  - Parys, Jessica Van
TI  - Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-Term Outcomes of Women and Their Children
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.1025-14615R2
DP  - 2026 Sep 09
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 1025-14615R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2026/09/01/jhr.1025-14615R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2026/09/01/jhr.1025-14615R2.full
AB  - The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is the largest U.S. federal affordable housing program, yet its impacts on children are largely unknown. Using geocoded Florida Natality data and LIHTC addresses (1980–2024), we examine how childhood LIHTC exposure affects early-adulthood health among women born to mothers with a high school degree or less, and their infants. Matching tracts with and without LIHTC, we find a one standard deviation increase in exposure improves maternal health, infant health, and maternal SES indices by 0.015, 0.010, and 0.007 standard deviations. Effects are largest for Black women, who most often live in LIHTC units.