Siting Affordable Housing in Opportunity Neighborhoods: An Assessment of HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Mapping Tool

In this article, we examine the content and structure of the new affirmatively furthering fair housing mapping tool (AFFH-T) developed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of its new assessment of fair housing (AFH) process. Our analysis is focused on the degree to whi...

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Published in:Journal of community practice 2017-04, Vol.25 (2), p.143-158
Main Authors: Silverman, Robert Mark, Yin, Li, Patterson, Kelly L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH)
Affordable housing
Citizen participation
Geographic information systems
Neighborhoods
opportunity neighborhoods
Participation
Public housing
public participation GIS (PPGIS)
Urban development
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Summary:In this article, we examine the content and structure of the new affirmatively furthering fair housing mapping tool (AFFH-T) developed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of its new assessment of fair housing (AFH) process. Our analysis is focused on the degree to which the data included in the AFFH-T is suitable for the development of plans to site affordable housing in opportunity neighborhoods, and the utility of this tool as a public participation GIS (PPGIS) platform. Our analysis highlights strengths and weaknesses of the AFFH-T and we offer recommendations for its further development.
ISSN:1070-5422
1543-3706
DOI:10.1080/10705422.2017.1306818