1. Communities of Opportunity: Reporting on Fair Housing, Opportunity and Equity Presentation to the New York Press Association Spring Convention 2008, Albany NY Jason Reece, AICP Senior Researcher [email_address] The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity The Ohio State University April 4 th 2008

4. Opportunity Matters Race, Poverty, Place and Inequity

6. The Cumulative Impacts of Spatial, Racial and Opportunity Segregation Neighborhood Segregation School Segregation Racial stigma, other psychological impacts Job segregation Impacts on community power and individual assets Impacts on Educational Achievement Exposure to crime; arrest Transportation limitations and other inequitable public services Adapted from figure by Barbara Reskin at: http://faculty.washington.edu/reskin/ Segregation impacts a number of life-opportunities Impacts on Health

7. Housing location determines access to schools….

8. jobs…

9. neighborhood amenities…

15. Washington DC Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

16. Los Angeles Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

17. New York Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

18. Detroit Metro Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

19. Housing: Our Link to Communities of Opportunity Location, Location, Location

24. The Racial Wealth Gap

25. Housing and Education 50 years after the Brown Decision, America’s schools have re-segregated into affluent white districts and poor under-funded African American and Hispanic districts Housing Discrimination Produces Dysfunctional Schools Segregation

26. Cycle of School Segregation Lower Educational Outcomes for Urban School Districts Increased Flight of Affluent Families from Urban Areas Neighborhood (Housing) Segregation School Segregation (Economic)

30. Washington DC Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

31. Los Angeles Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

32. New York Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

33. Detroit Metro Area Neighborhood Opportunity Ranking and African American Males

35. Reflecting on the 40 th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act Have we Achieved Fair Housing?

38. National Trends: Home Ownership

39. Fair Housing = Integration

40. Racial Disparity in Households Impacted by Housing Problems: New York State 2000 Source: US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

41. Barriers to Fair Housing: The Web of Housing Challenges Housing Challenges Subsidized Housing Policies Discriminatory And Unfair Lending A Housing Market That Does Not Serve the Population Racial Steering And Discrimination Exclusionary Zoning

44. Capital Market ‘Credit crunch’ Affected neighborhoods are being reduced to ‘ghost towns’ Reduced spending and retail flight Families lose their homes, wealth and safety Banks, police and courts saddled with foreclosures SUBPRIME LENDING: We didn’t care about the canary...

45. Predatory Lending and Race: Example (Cleveland) Maps: Produced and adapted from Charles Bromley, SAGES Presidential Fellow, Case Western University

46. Predatory Lending, Foreclosure and Race: Example (Cleveland)

47. Our Linked Fates Understanding the Impact of our Racial, Social and Geographic Inequities

51. Solutions An Opportunity Oriented Model of Racial and Social Justice

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