“…Economic research suggests that owner‐occupied units can be expected to be kept up at higher maintenance levels (Galster, 1983; Galster, 1987; Ioannides, 2002; Shilling, Sirmans, & Dombrow, 1991), and that renter occupancy of single‐family homes reduces values of nearby owner‐occupied homes (Wang, Grissom, Webb, & Spellman, 1991), and that homeowners are willing to pay a premium for living near other homeowners (Coulson, Hwang, & Imai, 2003a, 2003b), that is, to avoid living near renters. Hence, ceteris paribus, subsidized rental units and tenants are hypothesized to have a negative impact on nearby home prices.…”