Housing & Community Development
Research on how fair housing litigation shaped Qualified Allocation Plans, LIHTC siting incentives, revitalization criteria, and definitions of opportunity in Texas.
This project analyzes the evolution of Texas Qualified Allocation Plans from the early 2000s through the post-litigation period. It examines how legal pressure, fair housing concerns, and administrative reform shaped the scoring rules used to allocate Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
The work traces changes in deconcentration incentives, revitalization criteria, community opposition penalties, basis boosts, poverty and cost-burden tiebreakers, and the policy definition of neighborhood opportunity. It shows how fair housing goals become embedded in technical allocation rules and how those rules influence affordable housing geography.