RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-Term Outcomes of Women and Their Children
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1025-14615R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.1025-14615R2
A1 Currie, Janet
A1 Parys, Jessica Van
YR 2026
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2026/09/01/jhr.1025-14615R2.abstract
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.