Paul Waddell, Arezoo Besharati
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September 7, 2023
Housing affordability was a chronic problem in many cities across North America and across the globe well before the global pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in rents…
Decreasing federal resources since the 1980s, policy devolution to the local level, and expansion of market-based approaches for affordable housing delivery have resulted in…
W01-7: This paper studies the response of the housing market to immigration shocks. I find a positive association between immigrant flows and changes in rents in the…