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Friday , April 12, 2013

The Fair Housing Act at 45: Actualizing the Duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing David Rusk. Friday , April 12, 2013 University of Maryland Carey School of Law 500 W. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21201. “Housing Policy IS School Policy” By Dr. Heather Schwartz The Century Foundation

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Friday , April 12, 2013

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  1. The Fair Housing Act at 45: Actualizing the Duty to Affirmatively Further Fair HousingDavid Rusk Friday, April 12, 2013 University of Maryland Carey School of Law500 W. Baltimore St.Baltimore, MD 21201

  2. “Housing Policy IS School Policy” By Dr. Heather Schwartz The Century Foundation http://www.tcf.org/assets/downloads/tcf-Schwartz.pdf

  3. Factors for a Municipal Opportunity Index Good jobs 35% Good schools 35% Good tax base 10% Good neighborhoods 20%

  4. Municipal Opportunity Index (MOI) • Competitively rates Philadelphia and its 237 suburban cities, boroughs, and townships by key characteristics • Divides 237 towns into five groups of near-equal total population (each quintile = 492,000 residents)

  5. The region is divided into:

  6. JOB SPRAWL • From 1998 to 2006, city and inner ring suburbs lost 14,000 jobs (-1.5%) • While outer ring suburbs added 160,690 jobs (+11.4%). • Billions of dollars of infrastructure investment supported this growth and bypassed the towns in the middle.

  7. SCHOOLS Free And Reduced-price Meals (FARM) percentages by MOI category • Maximum opportunity towns 6% • High opportunity towns 7% • Medium opportunity towns 12% • Low opportunity towns 20% • Minimum opportunity towns 37% • Central City 77%

  8. Distribution of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties in 2008 by Municipal Opportunity Index Category

  9. Estimated number of affordable rentals in maximum- and high-opportunity towns

  10. Total tax revenue as pct of GDP

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