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Rental housing tends to serve lower-income residents as it ages.

The rental-income index falls much more with building age than the owner-occupied index.

REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 1 · Occupant income as homes age
Figure 1 · Occupant income as homes ageThe rental-income index falls much more with building age than the owner-occupied index. Values digitized from Figure 1; rental slope checked against the reported 2.5% annual filtering rate in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.0.250.500.751Occupant-income indexBuilding age (years)Rental housingOwner-occupied housing020406080
Figure 1 · Occupant income as homes age. Values digitized from Figure 1; rental slope checked against the reported 2.5% annual filtering rate in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.
Building age (years)Rental housingOwner-occupied housing
011
100.780.92
200.610.85
300.480.79
400.390.74
500.330.7
600.290.67
700.260.65
800.240.63

Source: Rosenthal (2014) · Figure 1; PDF p. 9

Data: Values digitized from Figure 1; rental slope checked against the reported 2.5% annual filtering rate in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.

Keep in mind: Filtering is an average market process; individual homes can be renovated, demolished, or move up in quality.

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Rental housing tends to serve lower-income residents as it ages.

The rental-income index falls much more with building age than the owner-occupied index.

Source
Rosenthal (2014)
Figure
Figure 1 · Occupant income as homes age · Figure 1; PDF p. 9
Redraw data
Values digitized from Figure 1; rental slope checked against the reported 2.5% annual filtering rate in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.
Keep in mind
Filtering is an average market process; individual homes can be renovated, demolished, or move up in quality.
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Values used to redraw Figure 1 · Occupant income as homes age
Building age (years)Rental housingOwner-occupied housing
011
100.780.92
200.610.85
300.480.79
400.390.74
500.330.7
600.290.67
700.260.65
800.240.63
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