+Access to

Opportunity In the Region

James Carras

2+Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant

Only HUD Requirement to the Regional Plan: Completion of a Fair Housing and Equity Analysis (FHEA) Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (RAI)

(recommended)

Together, these reports present a geographic analysis of opportunity in the seven county southeast Florida region, analyzing factors such as housing and neighborhood quality, education, jobs, and transportation.

A series of maps illustrate where opportunity rich communities exist, assess who has access to these neighborhoods.

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+EquityFair and just inclusion.

Goal: To make our region a more fair and just place where all residents can access and take advantage of the region’s economic, social, and environmental assets

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Today’s Discussion Points:

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+Barriers and Access to

Opportunity

Existing Conditions

7+Opportunity Analyses Addresses 33 community indicators in five categories

Access to opportunity, measured by our “opportunity index” is relative to the following indicators

8+Homeowners & Renters

1.5 million owner-occupied housing units prominent inland in the

more suburban areas

750,000 renter-occupied units more common in the

eastern and denser portions of the region

Owner-Occupied Units

Renter-Occupied Units

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White

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

87%

9%

17%

75%

19%

26%

Renter-oc-cupied hous-ing units

Owner-oc-cupied hous-ing units

A disproportionate number of renters in the region are minorities

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Cost-Burdened Households

60% of renting households 46% of mortgage paying households

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Less than $20,000

$20,000 to $34,999

$35,000 to $49,999

$50,000 to $74,999

$75,000 or more

0%

4%

8%

12%

16%

20%

13.50%18.2%

Households paying 30% or more of their income on monthly housing costs, 2010

Seven-50 SE Florida Region

Owner-occupied housing units Renter-occupied housing units

Low-income, renters are disproportionately cost-burdened throughout the region

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Concentrations of Poverty

• Over 850,000 people below poverty level in the region

13%14%

10%12% 12%

17%

11%

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Race/Ethnicity + SegregationBlack/African American Hispanic/Latino

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4.80%

17.30%30.90%

Martin County, Poverty Rate by Race and

Ethnicity,2010

199,33653,036

45,995

Martin County, Population by Race/Ethnicity

2010

Hispanic/Latino Black/African American White

Poverty + Race/Ethnicity

16+Poverty + Families

Families

With related children under 18 years

25%

32%

% Female householders with no husband present below Poverty Level

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Assisted Housing + Race/ethnicity

54% of the region’s assisted housing units have minority tenants 27% Black 26% Hispanic

Miami-Dade - highest percentage of minority tenants - 91%

Followed by St. Lucie County at 81% (72% -Black)

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Race and Ethnicity of Tenants in Assisted Housing Units as of

2008

% Minority % Black % Hispanic

18+Travel Mode

Drive Alone

Carpool

Public Transportation

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

7-County SE Florida RegionMonroe County, FloridaMiami-Dade County, FloridaBroward County, FloridaPalm Beach County, FloridaMartin County, FloridaSt. Lucie County, Florida

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Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

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Mean travel time to work (minutes)

20+Educational Attainment– No High School

17% of people in the region 25 years of age and above lack a high school diploma

Communities where the number of high school non-graduates exceeds 30% Fort Pierce Belle Glade Lauderdale Lakes Hialeah Opa-locka, and the northwest

of Miami-Dade County, Blue Cypress Conservation

Area of Indian River County

21+Educational Attainment- High School

28% of all adults 25 years of age older have earned just a high school diploma

Many of them reside within the central third of the three-county MSA and in St. Lucie and Monroe counties

22+Educational Attainment- College Graduates

1.19 million people in Southeast Florida have earned one or more college degrees

Same percentage of those with just a high school diploma

Distribution is different College graduates being

largely concentrated along the coast and the western urban growth boundary

23+Educational Attainment- FCAT Scores

The Florida Department of Education ranks schools statewide by the number of school grade points they received for the 2010-2011 school year

Note: this indicator was not incorporated into the index because too few census tracts contained data and incorporating would have weakened the statistical rigor of the index

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Opportunity

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ForwardBuilding Access to Opportunity

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32+What do you think? , Help us understand what needs to be remedied in

opportunity-poor neighborhoods.

Choose your TOP THREE of the following options:

1. Enhance accessible public transportation connecting residents to jobs and education.

2. Create workforce training that matches residents with job opportunities.

3. Provide inclusionary mixed-income housing near job centers and public transportation

4. Improve educational outcomes for low-income youth and youth of color.

5. Increase financial services and products for homeownership and business development.

6. Improve access to healthy foods and health care.

7. Other:

33+Credits and further information:

Project Manager: James Carras FHEA

Urban Revitalizations Solutions, Inc. Rebecca Walter, Serge Atherwood 

RAI Anna McMaster Rasheed Shotoyo

FHEA and RAI Documents will be available at seven50.org

For further information contact James Carras Phone: 954.415.2022 Email: carras@bellsouth.net