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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProperty Value Studies Bibliography 2022 with ALFDaniel Lauber, Impacts on the Surrounding Neighbor‐ hood of Group Homes for Persons With Developmental Disabilities, (Governor’s Planning Council on Develop- mental Disabilities, Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 1986) (found no effect on property values or turnover due to any of 14 group homes for up to eight residents; also found crime rate among group home residents to be, at most, 16 percent of that for the general population). This study is available online as a PDF file from http://www.planningcommunica- tions.com — click on the “Publications” button. L. Dolan and J. Wolpert, Long Term Neighborhood Property Impacts of Group Homes for Mentally Retarded People, (Woodrow Wilson School Discussion Paper Series, Princeton University, Nov. 1982) (examined long–term ef- fects on neighborhoods surrounding 32 group homes for five years after the homes were opened and found same re- sults as in Wolpert, infra). Julian Wolpert, Group Homes for the Mentally Re‐ tarded: An Investigation of Neighborhood Property Im‐ pacts (New York State Office of Mental Retardation and De- velopmental Disabilities Aug. 31, 1978) (most thorough study of all; covered 1570 transactions in neighborhoods of ten New York municipalities surrounding 42 group homes; compared neighborhoods surrounding group homes and comparable control neighborhoods without any group homes; found no effect on property values; proximity to group home had no effect on turnover or sales price; no ef- fect on property value or turnover of houses adjacent to group homes). Martin Lindauer, Pauline Tung, and Frank O’Donnell, Ef‐ fect of Community Residences for the Mentally Retarded on Real–Estate Values in the Neighborhoods in Which They are Located (State University College at Brockport, N.Y. 1980) (examined neighborhoods around seven group homes opened between 1967 and 1980 and two control neighborhoods; found no effect on prices; found a selling wave just before group homes opened, but no decline in selling prices and no difficulty in selling houses; selling wave ended after homes opened; no decline in property values or increase in turnover after homes opened). Suffolk Community Council, Inc., Impact of Community Residences Upon Neighborhood Property Values (July 1984) (compared sales 18 months before and after group homes opened in seven neighborhoods and comparable control neighborhoods without group homes; found no dif- ference in property values or turnover between group home and control neighborhoods). Christopher Wagner and Christine Mitchell, Non–Effect of Group Homes on Neighboring Residential Property Values in Franklin County (Metropolitan Human Services Commission, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 1979) (halfway house for persons with mental illness; group homes for neglected, unruly male wards of the county, 12–18 years old). Eric Knowles and Ronald Baba, The Social Impact of Group Homes: a study of small residential service pro‐ grams in first residential areas (Green Bay, Wisconsin, Plan Commission June 1973) (disadvantaged children from No small land use has been studied for its impacts as exhaustively as community residences for people  with disabilities including small assisted living facilities. More than 50 scientific studies have been con‐ ducted to determine if the presence of a community residence (group home, care home, sober living  home, small halfway house, assisted living facilities for up to 16 residents) has any effect on property  values, property turnover, or neighborhood safety. No matter which methodology has been used, every  study has concluded that when these land uses are not clustered on the same block and are licensed or  certified, they have no impact on property values, even on the houses next door, or on the marketability  of nearby homes, neighborhood safety, neighborhood character, parking, traffic, public utilities, or mu‐ nicipal services. The studies listed here constitute a representative sample.  Most of the studies report on the different types of community residences separately so that, for  example, you’ll see the findings on sober living homes separately from those for group homes for people  with developmental disabilities.  These days, such studies are rarely conducted for the same reason that there are no new studies  examining on the link between smoking and lung cancer. Both questions are just so well settled that  funding to conduct new studies simply is no longer available.  A Representative Sample of the 50+ Studies on the  Impacts of Small Assisted Living Facilities and  Community Residences for People With Disabilities  urban areas, teenage boys and girls under court commit- ment, infants and children with severe medical problems requiring nursing care, convicts in work release or study release programs). Minnesota Developmental Disabilities Program, Analy‐ sis of Minnesota Property Values of Community Interme‐ diate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded (ICF–MRs) (Dept. of Energy, Planning and Development 1982) (no dif- ference in property values and turnover rates in 14 neigh- borhoods with group homes during the two years before and after homes opened, as compared to 14 comparable control neighborhoods without group homes). Dirk Wiener, Ronald Anderson, and John Nietupski, Im‐ pact of Community–Based Residential Facilities for Men‐ tally Retarded Adults on Surrounding Property Values Using Realtor Analysis Methods, 17 Education and Train- ing of the Mentally Retarded 278 (Dec. 1982) (used real- tors’ “comparable market analysis” method to examine neighborhoods surrounding eight group homes in two me- dium–sized Iowa communities; found property values in six subject neighborhoods comparable to those in control areas; found property values higher in two subject neigh- borhoods than in control areas). Montgomery County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Property Sales Study of the Impact of Group Homes in Montgomery County (1981) (property appraiser from Magin Realty Company examined neighborhoods surrounding seven group homes; found no difference in property values and turnover rates between group home neighborhoods and control neighborhoods without any group homes). Burleigh Gardner and Albert Robles, The Neighbors and the Small Group Homes for the Handicapped: A Sur‐ vey (Illinois Association for Retarded Citizens Sept. 1979) (real estate brokers and neighbors of existing group homes for the retarded, reported that group homes had no effect on property values or ability to sell a house; unlike all the other studies noted here, this is based solely on opinions of real estate agents and neighbors; because no objective sta- tistical research was undertaken, this study is of limited value). Zack Cauklins, John Noak and Bobby Wilkerson, Impact of Residential Care Facilities in Decatur (Macon County Community Mental Health Board Dec. 9, 1976) (examined neighborhoods surrounding one group home and four in- termediate care facilities for 60 to 117 persons with mental disabilities; members of Decatur Board of Realtors report no effect on housing values or turnover). Metropolitan Human Services Commission, Group Homes and Property Values: A Second Look (Aug. 1980) (Columbus, Ohio) (halfway house for persons with mental illness; group homes for neglected, unruly male wards of the county, 12–18 years old). Tom Goodale and Sherry Wickware, Group Homes and Property Values in Residential Areas, 19 Plan Canada 154–163 (June 1979) (group homes for children, prison pre–parolees). City of Lansing Planning Department, Influence of Half‐ way Houses and Foster Care Facilities Upon Property Values (Lansing, Mich. Oct. 1976) (No adverse impacts on property values due to halfway houses and group homes for adult ex–offenders, youth offenders, alcoholics). Michael Dear and S. Martin Taylor, Not on Our Street, 133–144 (1982) (group homes for persons with mental ill- ness have no effect on property values or turnover). John Boeckh, Michael Dear, and S. Martin Taylor, Prop‐ erty Values and Mental Health Facilities in Metropolitan Toronto, 24 The Canadian Geographer 270 (Fall 1980) (residential mental health facilities have no effect on the volume of sales activities or property values; distance from the facility and type of facility had no significant effect on price). Michael Dear, Impact of Mental Health Facilities on Property Values, 13 Community Mental Health Journal 150 (1977) (persons with mental illness; found indetermi- nate impact on property values). Stuart Breslow, The Effect of Siting Group Homes on the Surrounding Environs (1976) (unpublished) (alt- hough data limitations render his results inconclusive, the author suggests that communities can absorb a “limited” number of group homes without measurable effects on property values). P. Magin, Market Study of Homes in the Area Sur‐ rounding 9525 Sheehan Road in Washington Township, Ohio (May 1975) (available from County Prosecutors Of- fice, Dayton, Ohio). (found no adverse effects on property values.) y   Compiled by Daniel Lauber, AICP, Attorney/Planner  Copyright © 2022 by Daniel Lauber. All rights reserved. Used by permission.  http://www.grouphomes.law