Opportunity in the Region Data and Deliberation Results Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA)...

Opportunity in the Region

Data and Deliberation ResultsFair Housing and Equity

Assessment (FHEA)

James CarrasCarras Community Investment, Inc.

June 21, 2013

Carras Community Investment, Inc. 2

Seven 50 - Sustainable Communities

Regional Planning Grant Fair Housing

and Equity Assessment (FHEA)• Understand the historical, current and future

context for opportunity in the region and the data and evidence that demonstrates those dynamics

• Engage regional leaders and stakeholders on findings and implications of analysis

• Integrate knowledge developed through the Regional FHEA exercise into the Regional Plan strategy development process (e.g., priority setting and decision making)


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


FHEA Fair 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


Opportunity = Prosperity

• Southeast Florida demographic transformation

• Pursuing strategies that create more inclusion are no longer only moral imperatives—they are economic ones.

• Addressing income disparities/poverty and business development are fundamental to region’s economic future.


Opportunity

Economic Developmen

t

Housing

Transportation

Education


Barriers and Access to

Opportunity

Existing Conditions


Opportunity Analyses

Demographic

Race

Linguistic Isolation

Economic

Household Income

Poverty

Unemployment

Nutritional Assistance

Education

Educational Attainment

Public Schools

Neighborhood

Housing Occupancy

Household Composition

Housing Affordability

GapCost Burdon of

Households

Affordable Housing

Access to a Supermarket

Transportation

Commuting Pattern

Access to a Vehicle

Addresses 33 community indicators in five categoriesAccess to opportunity, measured by our “opportunity index” is relative to the following indicators


Cost-Burdened Households

• 60% of renting households

• 46% of mortgage paying households


Concentrations of Poverty

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

13%14%

10%12% 12%

17%

11%


Race/Ethnicity + SegregationBlack/African

American Hispanic/Latino


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/Ethnic-

ity 2010

Hispanic/Latino Black/African American White

Poverty + Race/Ethnicity


Raising children in poverty means that everything is more

complicated.• 32% of families with children under 18 with

a single head of households are below the poverty level

• Makes affordable housing, food, transportation and health care challenging.


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

Total

Drive Alo

ne

Carpo

ol

Public

tran

spor

tatio

n 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

White

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)


Travel and Housing Costs

• According to Center for Neighborhood Technology:

o> 30 % of income for housing costs is cost burdened

o> 45 % of income for housing and transportation costs is cost burdened

o 85% of the Miami Dade/Fort Lauderdale MSA is over 45% - the highest in the country


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%o Fort Pierce o Belle Gladeo Lauderdale Lakeso Hialeaho Opa-locka, and the northwest of

Miami-Dade County, o Blue Cypress Conservation Area

of Indian River County


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


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 differento College graduates being

largely concentrated along the coast and the western urban growth boundary


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


Sistrunk*• 97% of the population is

African American• The median income one

third less than county average

• 40% of families with children below poverty

• Low educational attainment and low quality scores o FCAT scores in surrounding tracts

rank ‘C’ and ‘D’o 40% of adults have less than a

high school diploma.

• One out of 10 units are vacant

*Census Tract 411


Kendall Green*• Cost-burdened and

segregated neighborhood• African American’s

account for 90% of the population

• 75% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on related housing costs

• 40% of all households have seniors

• 30% of the population has less than a high school degree or equivalent

*Census Tract 304.01


Hallandale*• One quarter of residents

don’t speak English at home

• Median household income is $25,000, approximately 50% of the county’s average

• 40% of ALL persons live in poverty

• A third of all housing units are vacant

• Affordability gap for renters is over $300 a month

*Census Tract 1005.01


Opportunity Indices


Strongest Opportunity Areas

• Along the coast or the urban growth boundary of the South Florida MSA

Moderate Opportunity Areas

• A significant part of the region• Indicating potentially negative trends

particularly if there is continued economic uncertainty and/or natural disasters

Lowest Opportunity Areas

• Concentrated in Miami-Dade County, central Broward, West Palm Beach County, and the exurban western end of the Treasure Coast


Addressing Poverty• Key issue in all low opportunity

communities is poverty. • We need to plan to address poverty

and its ramifications on people and the regional economy.


Moving ForwardBuilding Access to Opportunity


Advancing Regional Opportunity

• The Seven50 Regional Plan needs to create regional:o Goalso Policieso Strategies and Actions

• FHEA helps inform the Regional Plan in developing a vision, framework, and roadmap that increases access to opportunity:

o Housing o Transportationo Environmental Justiceo Educationo Economic Development o Public Infrastructure


Community Deliberation

• Over twenty public meetings and FHEA/RAI presentations including:

o Seven50 Opportunity in the Region Workshopo HOPE Fair Housing workshops o Broward Alliance for Neighborhood Developmento Seven50 Summit Twoo Raise Florida/War on Poverty Regional Meetingo Seven50 Summit Three

• Over 1200 Participants

• Key stakeholder interviews


We asked….• Establish a shared vision and set of

aspirational values related to your sense of opportunity.

• Establish and recommend goals to be addressed in the Regional Plan

• Establish attainable strategies, so that a long-term and empowering vision is balanced with shorter term, concrete steps to get there.


Need to Address in Regional Plan

• Strengthening low opportunity communities• Stabilizing and Improving moderate

opportunity communities• Maintaining high opportunity communities

and creating greater access for all• Focus on interrelationship of housing,

transportation, economic development opportunities and education

• Ongoing mechanism that updates data indicators and progress

• Create inclusive leadership model


Vision and Values• One Southeast Florida

• Equal access to quality, affordable, sustainable opportunities

• Create geographies of opportunities for every neighborhood, family and individual

• Region-wide infrastructure that facilitates and promotes fair and just inclusion of all residents

• Equal access to quality: affordable, sustainable opportunities

• Access to appropriate education, efficient transportation, affordable housing and diversified job opportunities to reduce poverty levels.

• Promote policies that encourage revitalization of communities, affordable mixed use/mixed income housing and efficient transportation choices near employment, health centers and shopping corridors along with access to education and training


Goals• Create diverse, walkable and connected

communities• Form a Regional Opportunity Network to provide a

Resource Tool Kit to assist communities in addressing shelter, education, jobs, food issues, transportation

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

• Promote urban farming/gardens and access to healthy foods

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

• Help build family assets • Advocate for universal early childhood education and

child care


Strategies• Harness capital resources – especially private sector investments

and debt• Increase financial services and products for homeownership and

business development.• Create workforce training that matches residents with job

opportunities in targeted industries• Improve educational outcomes for low-income youth and youth

of color.• Create double/triple bottom line funds that leverage federal

resources including New Market Tax Credits and EB5• Help build capacity – over 150 government entities –

municipalities, counties, CRAs. Need to provide sustainable development assistance (resources, tools)

• Enhance civic leadership and engagement• Promote urban farming and local food systems• Combat NIMBYism


Opportunity


Further information:

• Project Manager: James Carras• FHEA

o Urban Revitalizations Solutions, Inc. Rebecca Walter, Serge Atherwood

• RAI o Anna McMastero Rasheed Shotoyo

• FHEA and RAI Documents are available at seven50.org

• For further information contact James Carras o Phone: 954.415.2022 o Email: [email protected]

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