Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis for Vulnerable Renters: Insights From Broward County on an Affordable Housing Acquisition Tool

Walter, Rebecca J.; Evans, Aaron; Atherwood, Serge

doi:10.1080/10511482.2014.1003190

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“…; Walter et al. ). This results in a tradeoff that forces households to choose between accessible neighborhoods or those with low crime rates and quality schools.…”

Section: Opportunity Metrics and Voucher Locational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Longitudinal results suggest that larger households that originate from economically distressed areas tend to move to higher opportunity neighborhoods after receiving a voucher (Walter et al. ). This evidence suggests that only considering overall neighborhood opportunity may not be sufficient to fully understand the locational pattern of voucher holders.…”

Section: Opportunity Metrics and Voucher Locational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beyond payment standards, discrimination and other institutional barriers have resulted in HCV households being clustered in poor, minority‐concentrated neighborhoods (Walter et al. ; Wang and Varady ).…”

Section: Opportunity Metrics and Voucher Locational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Examining Neighborhood Opportunity and Locational Outcomes for Housing Choice Voucher Recipients: A Comparative Study between Duval County, Florida, and Bexar County, Texas

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Recent attention has highlighted the importance of providing low‐income households access to opportunity‐rich neighborhoods. Using a neighborhood opportunity framework developed specifically for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, this study investigates whether low‐income households participating in the program live in opportunity areas. The results indicate that with scarce high‐opportunity neighborhoods, most HCV households reside in mixed opportunity areas and face tradeoffs when deciding where to live. Voucher holders reside in areas with moderate or poor accessibility and neighborhood conditions compared to other assisted and nonassisted low‐income renters. Opportunity outcomes also vary among different household types of HCV recipients.

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“…; Walter et al. ). This results in a tradeoff that forces households to choose between accessible neighborhoods or those with low crime rates and quality schools.…”

Section: Opportunity Metrics and Voucher Locational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Opportunity Metrics and Voucher Locational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Examining Neighborhood Opportunity and Locational Outcomes for Housing Choice Voucher Recipients: A Comparative Study between Duval County, Florida, and Bexar County, Texas

et al. 2017

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“…Previous research has shown a number of tradeoffs for opportunity neighborhoods, especially when defined based on socioeconomic conditions only as in the most recent version of Texas’s QAP. Neighborhoods with better socioeconomic conditions often have high housing costs, a shortage of affordable housing, and poor transit accessibility (Daniel 2010; Devine et al 2003; Ladd and Ludwig 1997; McClure 2010; Pendall 2000; Turner, Popkin, and Cunningham 1999; Turner and Wilson 1998; Walter, Evans, and Atherwood 2015). To promote the development of new tax credit projects in neighborhoods that provide the best locational opportunities for low-income households, this study analyzes the distribution of LIHTC units and TDHCA’s 2016 QAP scoring process in San Antonio.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing Opportunity Metrics and Locational Outcomes in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

Walter

Wang

Jones

2017

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has been criticized for concentrating units in poor minority neighborhoods. This study analyzes the distribution of LIHTC units in San Antonio and assesses the opportunity provision in Texas’s 2016 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). Results indicate that since the incorporation of the opportunity provision in 2009, more tax credits have been allocated to neighborhoods with lower poverty and higher racial diversity. Maximum scoring neighborhoods in the current QAP are located in low-poverty communities that perform above average in socioeconomic conditions, but below average in accessibility and sustainable healthy environments.

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“…A more recent addition to the evaluation of neighborhood quality for the HCV program is transportation accessibility, a dimension that captures the ease of movement to both intra- and across-neighborhood destinations such as jobs, services, and other amenities (Walter, Evans, and Atherwood 2016; Wang, Larsen, and Ray 2015). Typically in U.S. cities, neighborhoods with poor socioeconomic conditions are within or near urban centers that are highly accessible because of high-density infrastructure and close proximity to a large number of trip destinations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracking “Choice” in the Housing Choice Voucher Program: The Relationship Between Neighborhood Preference and Locational Outcome

Wang¹

2016

Urban Affairs Review

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Do residential locations of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) households reflect tenants' preferences for neighborhood quality? Study results come from a three-part methodology: (1) survey of voucher holders to find neighborhood preferences and other factors in the consumer decision-making model, (2) geographic information system (GIS) analysis of actual locational outcomes in terms of neighborhood opportunity and transportation accessibility, and (3) quantitative analysis of the strength of preference-outcome relationships. The results reveal that survey participants placed high priority on neighborhoods that were safe and clean, and with quality schools. Despite this, higher priority on quality housing and search barriers affected the housing choice. As such, to a large extent, the residents did not live in places that met their location preferences. The study calls for an expansion of location assessment measures in the current policy framework and the provision of more information about housing and neighborhood options to voucher recipients.

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Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis for Vulnerable Renters: Insights From Broward County on an Affordable Housing Acquisition Tool

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

Examining Neighborhood Opportunity and Locational Outcomes for Housing Choice Voucher Recipients: A Comparative Study between Duval County, Florida, and Bexar County, Texas

Examining Neighborhood Opportunity and Locational Outcomes for Housing Choice Voucher Recipients: A Comparative Study between Duval County, Florida, and Bexar County, Texas

Comparing Opportunity Metrics and Locational Outcomes in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

Tracking “Choice” in the Housing Choice Voucher Program: The Relationship Between Neighborhood Preference and Locational Outcome

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