The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

with a poverty rate of 9.2 percent. These neighborhoods present an opportunity forsiting new subsidized housing, for voucher use and for targeting in relocationprograms. Further data on the geographic accessibility of these neighborhoods andavailability and affordability of rental properties would be helpful in attempting toassist voucher holders in seeking housing in these areas.Cluster 2: Vouchers - Low Concentration – Low PovertyCluster 2 is the second largest cluster in number of census tracts consisting of8,490 census tracts (16.6 percent of all census tracts). The level of concentration islow with only 61 subsidized housing units per tract of which 34 are vouchers and theremainder are site-based units. The poverty rate in these tracts is relatively low at15.9 percent but this is higher than expected for voucher-only tracts. It is apparent thatnot all low level voucher neighborhoods are the same. The addition of only a few sitebasedunits (27 units) in cluster 2 distinguishes these tracts from cluster 1 and thepoverty increases from 9.2 percent to 15.9 percent. Due to the relatively higherpoverty rates, these neighborhoods should be monitored so they do not attractadditional subsidized housing.92