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New homes → neighborhood change

Rent and displacement effects fade with distance from new housing.

The paper’s paired distance plots show lower rents and lower measured displacement risk closest to new projects.

REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 15 · Proximity to new projects, rents, and displacement
Figure 15 · Proximity to new projects, rents, and displacementThe paper’s paired distance plots show lower rents and lower measured displacement risk closest to new projects. Values reconstructed from quantities reported by the authors at Figure 15 and the paper’s results summary; outcomes use the authors’ percentage or percentage-point scales.-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%Estimated change (%)OutcomeEstimated effectRent within …Move to poor…Eviction not…Parcel gentr…
Figure 15 · Proximity to new projects, rents, and displacement. Values reconstructed from quantities reported by the authors at Figure 15 and the paper’s results summary; outcomes use the authors’ percentage or percentage-point scales.
OutcomeEstimated effect
Rent within 500m-2.3
Move to poorer ZIP-17.14
Eviction notice within 100m-0.77
Parcel gentrification2.5

Source: Pennington (2021) · Figure 15; PDF p. 30

Data: Values reconstructed from quantities reported by the authors at Figure 15 and the paper’s results summary; outcomes use the authors’ percentage or percentage-point scales.

Keep in mind: Moving to a poorer ZIP code is an imperfect displacement proxy; San Francisco is unusual, and this is a working paper.

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Rent and displacement effects fade with distance from new housing.

The paper’s paired distance plots show lower rents and lower measured displacement risk closest to new projects.

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Pennington (2021)
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Figure 15 · Proximity to new projects, rents, and displacement · Figure 15; PDF p. 30
Redraw data
Values reconstructed from quantities reported by the authors at Figure 15 and the paper’s results summary; outcomes use the authors’ percentage or percentage-point scales.
Keep in mind
Moving to a poorer ZIP code is an imperfect displacement proxy; San Francisco is unusual, and this is a working paper.
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Values used to redraw Figure 15 · Proximity to new projects, rents, and displacement
OutcomeEstimated effect
Rent within 500m-2.3
Move to poorer ZIP-17.14
Eviction notice within 100m-0.77
Parcel gentrification2.5
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