Housing investment activities of community development corporations (CDCs) can be associated with a positive impact on the residential real estate market within their respective service area. Relying on a pseudo-experimental approach, the appreciation rate of single-family housing in CDC treatment and comparison areas is tested with a traditional hedonic model with pooled data. The results suggest that the area that is served by the 12 established CDCs operating in Center Township in the city of Indianapolis experienced a higher overall appreciation in the mean residential home value from 1987 to 2000 than did a comparison area in Center Township not served by CDCs.
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