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Chapter 7CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONSAt the census tract level subsidized housing is primarily concentrated in a fewhigh poverty census tracts. At the metropolitan level subsidized housing segregation ishigher than race, ethnicity and poverty. <strong>The</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing occursat multiple scales, subsidy types, and levels <strong>of</strong> poverty. <strong>The</strong> highest levels <strong>of</strong>concentration are primarily due to multiple types <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing co-located inthe same census tract. On the other hand, subsidized housing <strong>of</strong> all types reaches eventhe lowest poverty census tracts at rates higher than expected. Results support anuanced view <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing that lends itself to development <strong>of</strong> specificstrategies to address over-concentration <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing.Descriptive Analysis Results<strong>The</strong> three measures <strong>of</strong> concentration (absolute, percent <strong>of</strong> all units, or percent<strong>of</strong> rental units) all indicate that a large majority <strong>of</strong> census tracts are not concentrated.A significant subset <strong>of</strong> these tracts (16.3 percent) have no subsidized housing units.<strong>The</strong>refore, depending on the measure, between two-thirds and three-quarters <strong>of</strong> allcensus tracts can be considered not concentrated. Another ten to twenty percent can be117

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