+Access to

Opportunity In the Region

Seven50 Special WorkshopMay 17, 2013

James Carras

2+Seven 50 - Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant – Fair Housing and Equity Assessment Understand the historical, current and future

context for equity and 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)

3+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

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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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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.

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Opportunity

Economic Development

Housing

Transportation

Education

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+Barriers and Access to

Opportunity

Existing Conditions

8+Opportunity Analyses Addresses 33 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

9+Homeowners & Renters

1.5 million owner-occupied housing units prominent in suburban

areas

750,000 renter-occupied units more common in the

eastern and higher density areas of the region

Owner-Occupied Units

Renter-Occupied Units

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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

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4%

8%

12%

16%

20%

13.50%

18.2%

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

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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

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10%12% 12%

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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+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

“Is your housing situation secure? Can you afford groceries?

Do you go with the cheapest fast food? Can you get the prescription filled?”

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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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20+Travel and Housing Costs

According to Center for Neighborhood Technology: > 30 % of income for housing costs is cost burdened > 45 % of income for housing and transportation costs is

cost burdened 85% of the Miami Dade/Fort Lauderdale MSA is over 45% -

the highest in the country (average 60%)

21+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

22+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

23+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

24+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

25+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 FCAT scores in surrounding

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

high school diploma.

One out of 10 units are vacant

*Census Tract 411

26+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

27+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

28+Addressing Poverty

Ratio of poor residents who subsist on transfer payments to persons in families that are self supporting is among the most important measures of what a region’s economy looks like.

Hard to imagine how we can better the region’s future without trying to prescribe what the poverty ratio might be.  

We need to plan to address poverty and its ramifications on people and the regional economy.

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Opportunity

Indices

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

Strongest Opportunity Areas

• A significant part of the region• Indicating potentially negative trends particularly if there is continued economic uncertainty and/or natural disasters

Moderate Opportunity Areas

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

Weakest Opportunity Areas

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ForwardBuilding Access to Opportunity

+Advancing Regional Opportunity The Seven50 Regional Plan needs to create regional:

Goals Policies Strategies and Actions

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

Housing Transportation Environmental Justice Education Economic Development Public Infrastructure

37+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

+Examples

Create healthy walkable and connected communities

Build the Regional Resource tool kit to address Shelter, Education, Jobs, food issues, transportation

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

Urban farming/gardens and access to healthy foods

Land banking Family asset building – focus on families Early childhood education and child care

+Examples Harness capital resources – especially private sector

investments and debt Increase financial services and products for

homeownership and business development. Enhance accessible public transportation connecting

residents to jobs and education. Create workforce training that matches residents with job

opportunities. 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

Capacity – we have over 150 government entities – municipalities, counties, CRAs. Need to provide sustainable development assistance (resources, tools)

Combat NIMBYism

+In your discussion group…

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.

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Opportunity

Economic Development

Housing

Transportation

Education

42+Further information:

Project Manager: James Carras FHEA

Urban Revitalizations Solutions, Inc. Rebecca Walter, Serge Atherwood 

RAI Anna McMaster Rasheed Shotoyo

FHEA and RAI Documents are available at seven50.org

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