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The Geography of Opportunity in Seattle
1. Research and Advocacy at the
Intersection of Race and Poverty
PRRAC Small Grants Program
john a. powell
Executive Director, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
2. Communities of Opportunity
Everyone should have
access to the critical
opportunity structures
needed to succeed in
life
Affirmatively
connecting people to
opportunity creates
positive, transformative
change in communities
3. Opportunity
Based Fair
Housing
Planning for
Opportunity Neighborhood
Mapping Opportunity Revitalization
Communities
Equitable
Regional
Policy
4. Mapping Opportunity
The Kirwan Institute has
conducted “opportunity
mapping” for states and
metropolitan regions across
the US
How are low-income groups situated
in the State?
How are racial and ethnic groups
situated?
What can be done to improve the
opportunity landscape?
5. Opportunity maps can illuminate…
What neighborhoods are at risk of becoming low
opportunity communities?
Where is affordable housing needed in opportunity
rich communities within the region?
Which neighborhoods are significantly impacting the
quality of life and development of children in the
region?
What are the neighborhood conditions for
neighborhoods impacted by foreclosure?
13. Subsidized housing
opportunities in
Baltimore are
generally clustered in
the region’s
predominately
African American
neighborhoods
14. Remedial proposal
The remedy must provide
desegregative housing units in
areas of opportunity
The remedy must be regional in
scope
The remedy must be race
conscious
The remedial program should be a
structured choice model
The remedy must be goal driven,
not process driven
HUD must consider both vouchers
and housing production to meet
the remedy’s goals
17. Indicators of Opportunity: Austin
EDUCATION ECONOMIC MOBILITY & HEALTH & NEIGHBORHOOD
TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT QUALITY
School Poverty Unemployment Commute Time Proximity to toxic Neighborhood poverty
waste rates
Teacher Dependence on Access to public transit
Experience Public Assistance stops Access to parks and Housing vacancy rates
open space
Student/ Teacher Proximity to Frequency of public Crime rates
Ratio Employment transit service Proximity to health
care facilities and Home ownership
Math & Reading Ratio of jobs to physicians
Scores residents Median income
Access to grocery Home values
Student Retention Job growth trends stores
Insurance access
Figure 1: Opportunity indicators used in the Austin analysis
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18. Opportunity in a Hot
Market City
•Opportunity in the
Austin region is
more centralized --
not a hollow region
like Cleveland or
Baltimore
•Although
opportunity is more
centralized, it is still
spatially segregated
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20. Opportunity and
Subsidized Housing
Subsidized housing is
almost non existent in
high opportunity areas
Approximately 1 out of 10
subsidized housing sites
can be found in high
opportunity census
tracts, while 2 out of 3
sites are concentrated in
the region’s low
opportunity areas
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21. Linguistically Isolated
People and the
Comprehensive
Opportunity Map for the
Austin Region
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22. King County, WA Opportunity Mapping –
Mapping to Promote Equitable Community
Development and Fair Housing
23. Project Tasks & Schedule
Phase 1
Data collection and geo-coding of opportunity indicator data for the region.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis of opportunity indicator data for
the region’s census tracts and communities, creation of initial maps.
Basic analysis of racial characteristics within various areas of opportunity
Phase 2
Mapping and in-depth analysis of socio-economic conditions (race, class and
ethnicity) in various opportunity areas
Mapping and analysis of subprime lending trends and foreclosures, affordable
housing, subsidized housing and other housing characteristics in various
opportunity areas
Mapping and evaluation of neighborhood performance based on indicators related
to national averages (identifying high and low performing areas based on national
trends)
Preparation of report outlining mapping results and identification of strategies to
remedy opportunity isolation for marginalized communities
Publication of results on-line and presentation of results
24. Seattle / King County
Opportunity “indicators”
Education: Housing and Neighborhood Health:
Educational attainment for the total Property values
population
School poverty for neighborhood schools Property appreciation (based on local realty
Test scores for neighborhood schools data if available)
Teacher qualifications for neighborhood Housing vacancy rates
schools (or certified teachers) Crime rates
Teacher student ratio
Poverty rates
Population change
Economic Opportunity and Mobility: Home ownership Proximity to toxic waste
Unemployment rates release sites
Population on public assistance Proximity to parks/open space
Proximity to employment (job opportunities
within 5 miles)
Economic climate 1 (change in # of jobs w/in 5
miles)
Economic climate 2 (business creation w/in 5
miles)
Mean commute time