Changing Water and Sewer Finance:<i>Distributional Impacts and Effects on the Viability of Affordable Housing</i>
作者:Dick Netzer、Michael Schill、Scott Susin
DOI:10.1080/01944360108976250
日期:2001.12.31
Usage-based charges finance an increasing share of water and sewer costs in the U.S. The shift has been especially sharp in New York City, where residential users traditionally did not pay usage-based charges. In this article, we examine the impact that a transition to universal metered billing would have on multifamily housing. We find that universal metering would result in large increases in water and sewer bills for many multifamily buildings in low-income neighborhoods. Comparing the predicted increases with the net operating income of landlords in low-income neighborhoods indicates that universal metering might pose a threat to the viability of much affordable housing.