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indicator <strong>of</strong> the demolition <strong>of</strong> units in very high poverty areas during the 1990’s withlittle new construction <strong>of</strong> public housing. <strong>The</strong> fact that public housing units are still atthe highest concentration and in the highest poverty areas indicates the extent <strong>of</strong> thecontinuing problem. <strong>The</strong> comparison <strong>of</strong> the relative percentage <strong>of</strong> subsidized housingby type can be found in Table 4.10.TABLE 4.10Change in <strong>Subsidized</strong> Units by <strong>Poverty</strong> Rate in Census TractTract <strong>Poverty</strong>RatePublic <strong>Housing</strong> Other Site-Based Vouchers LIHTC TotalEarly– Mid1990’s 2000Early– Mid1990’s 2000Early– Mid1990’s 2000Early– Mid1990’s 2000Early– Mid1990’s 2000< 10 7.5 12.4 27.4 24.1 27.5 22.4 NA 31.0 NA 22.310 – 29 38.9 41.4 50.7 49.2 57.8 56.4 NA 46.7 NA 49.230 – 39 17.1 17.7 11.5 14.3 9.5 13.4 NA 12.9 NA 14.5> 40 36.5 28.4 10.4 12.5 5.3 7.8 NA 9.4 NA 14.0Source: Newman and Schnare (1997), p. 712; HUD, A Picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> 200Correlation Analysis<strong>The</strong> Pearson r correlation was calculated for subsidized units as percent <strong>of</strong> totalunits in tract, demographic, housing, and geographic variables. Results can be foundin Tables 4.11 and 4.12. <strong>The</strong> largest correlations were households with publicassistance (.550), poverty (.540) and percent rental (.535). <strong>The</strong>se results make sensegiven the population that lives in subsidized housing are poor and the nature <strong>of</strong>subsidized housing is rental. Other variables are also correlated including73

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