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ECFRPC Sustainable Communities FHEA andInitial Sunrail Station Area AnalysisJames CarrasCarras Community Investment Inc.September 20, 2013
+Today:
What is a Fair Housing and Equity Analysis?
Initial Findings Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty in the Region Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty by SunRail
Stations Dissimilarity Index
Segregation of racial and ethnical groups within a White majority Segregation of racial and ethnical groups within a Black majority Segregation of racial and ethnical groups within a Hispanic
majority
Next Phase of Research
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
3+Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant – Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA) Fair and just inclusion…..
Understand the historical, current and future context for opportunity in the region and the data and evidence that demonstrates those dynamics
Engage regional and local leaders and stakeholders on findings and implications of analysis
Integrate knowledge developed through the Regional and Station-Area FHEA exercise into the Station-Area strategy development process (e.g., priority setting and decision making)
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
4+Why the FHEA?
“Sustainability also means creating ‘geographies of opportunity,’ places that effectively connect people to jobs, quality public schools, and other amenities.
Today, too many HUD-assisted families are stuck in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty and segregation, where one's zip code predicts poor education, employment, and even health outcomes.
These neighborhoods are not sustainable in their present state.
—HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, February 23, 2010
+ECFRPC Methodology
Identify RCAPS/ECAPS in six county region
Create Dissimilarity Index
Identify areas in proximity to six SunRail Station Areas
Conduct more robust FHEA for six SunRail Station Areas
Engage community around six SunRail Station Areas
Prepare recommendations for “bridge” to Final Report
+RCAPs/ ECAPs
These census tracts identify racially/ ethnically- concentrated areas of poverty.
RCAPs/ ECAPs have been defined by HUD as being represented by a non-white population of more than 50%.
Poverty has been defined as census tracts with 40% or more of individuals living at or below poverty line (HUD FHEA Data Documentation, 2013).
There are fifteen (15) RCAPs/ ECAPs within the six (6) county area.
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Six SunRail StationsSecond phase of FHEA Analysis
+RCAPs/ ECAPs
These census tracts identify racially/ ethnically- concentrated areas of poverty.
RCAPs/ ECAPs have been defined by HUD as being represented by a non-white population of more than 50%.
Poverty has been defined as census tracts with 40% or more of individuals living at or below poverty line (HUD FHEA Data Documentation, 2013).
+Dissimilarity Index of racial and ethnical groups in respect to a majority group
This measure determines the extent to which the distribution of any two groups (a majority group and a racial or ethnical group) differ across census tracts.
As set by HUD the Dissimilarity Index identifies:
Low Segregation;
Moderate Segregation;
High Segregation areas.
The Dissimilarity Index has been calculated on five levels of segregation. E.g.
Hispanic/ White;
Hispanic/ Black;
Hispanic/ Asian;
Hispanic/ Native American;
Hispanic/ Pacific origin.
Of these the highest dissimilarity index has been mapped, thus showing in which areas the segregation has the most impact.
Dissimilarity Index Max. Value
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0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
Hispanic/ White Hispanic/ BlackHispanic/ Asian Hispanic/ Pacific Isl.Hispanic/ Native Am.
Measure Values Description
Dissimilarity Index
Min =0; Max=1
<0.40Low Segregation
0.41 to 0.54Moderate Segregation
>0.55High Segregation
Sample of Dissimilarity Index representation What is Maximum Value
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Segregation of racial and ethnic groups with a White majority
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Segregation of racial and ethnic groups with a Black majority
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Segregation of racial and ethnic groups with a Hispanic majority
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What’s Next?
Goal:
Create sustainable and prosperous communities.
Access to quality housing, education, food, banking and retail services, healthcare and transportation
Phase 2:
Determine area station locational methodology for a more detailed FHEA relative to the station areas.
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
14+SunRail Station Area Opportunity Analyses Addresses 31 community indicators in five categories
Access to opportunity, measured by our “opportunity index” is relative to the following indicators
Demographic
Race
Linguistic Isolation
Economic
Household Income
Poverty
Unemployment
Nutritional Assistance
Education
Educational Attainment
Public Schools
Neighborhood
Housing Occupancy
Household Composition
Housing Affordability Gap
Cost Burdon of Households
Affordable Housing
Access to a Supermarket
Transportation
Commuting Pattern
Access to a Vehicle
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For more information: Sources:
Bartholomew, K. & Ewing, R. (2011), Hedonic price effects of pedestrian- and transit-oriented development, Journal of Planning Literature, 26 (1), 18-34. DOI: 10.1177/0885412210386540
Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development & Research (2013). FHEA Data Documentation Draft. http://www.huduser.org/portal/Sustainability/grantees/data.html
Massey, Douglas and Nancy A. Denton. 1993. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Mehta, V. (2007), Lively Streets: Determining environmental characteristics to support social behavior, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 27, 165-187. DOI: 10.1177/0739456X07307947
James Carras
Carras Community Investment
(954) 415-2022