“…Clearly, one could argue that there might be some selection bias in conducting the study in Santa Clara County, given the tight market environment within which the LIHTC projects have been built. For example, several existing studies have argued that affordable housing developments may be less likely to have negative impacts in tight housing markets than in declining markets (Koschinsky, 2009; Schwartz et al, 2006; Briggs et al, 1999). While this might be the case, it is also important to note that as a suburban metropolis, Santa Clara County, including its core city of San Jose, has a landscape that is largely dominated by low‐density developments.…”