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

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ABSTRACT<strong>Subsidized</strong> housing has been criticized for concentrating poor households andcontributing to neighborhood decline by acting as a barrier to redevelopment <strong>of</strong> centralcities (Goering & Feins, 2008; Schill & Wachter, 1995). <strong>The</strong> research has identifiedsignificant negative neighborhood effects from living in neighborhoods withconcentrated poverty (Ellen and Turner, 1997; Sampson, Moren<strong>of</strong>f and Gannon-Rowley, 2002) and there is some evidence that the greater number <strong>of</strong> subsidized unitsin a neighborhood the greater the negative effect (Santiago et al 2001, Lee 2008, Lyonsand Loveridge 1993, Rosenthal 2008, and Galster et al 1999). <strong>Housing</strong> and povertydeconcentration policies implemented in the 1990’s such as HOPE VI and vouchermobility programs may have resulted in changes in the location <strong>of</strong> subsidized housingcontributing to positive changes in the lowest income neighborhoods (Dawkins, 2007;Ellen & O’Regan, 2008). This study uses data from “A Picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>2000” (HUD, 2008) to investigate the relationship between the concentration, mix <strong>of</strong>subsidized housing types, and poverty at the census tract level in metropolitan areas.Results indicate that the distribution <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing occurs at multiple scales,subsidy types and levels <strong>of</strong> poverty. At the metropolitan level subsidized housingsegregation is higher than race, ethnicity and poverty. At the census tract level thehighest concentration is due to multiple types <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing co-located in thexi

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