Affordable Housing - Affordable Housing and Property Values Report 

Few causes will mobilize American citizens, at least the 68 percent who own their homes, faster or more effectively than a perceived threat to the value of their property. It is common for at least some neighbors to object to low income housing developments, whether traditional public housing, or privately (for-profit or nonprofit) developed housing under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. This phenomenon is not limited to LIHTC developments, of course; for example, waste disposal facilities, power lines, community care facilities, and even churches are among nonresidential uses that at least some homeowners have objected to in recent times, giving rise to the well-known rallying cry, “Not In My Backyard.”

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