jergunderson
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I was reading an article on Albuquerque's "Affordable
Housing Portfolio" Program, which can be found at:
http://alibi.com/alibi/current/oped_section.html#ortiz
It describes how the city raises municipal bonds to buy apartments and
rents 25% of them out as "affordable" and the rest for-profit to
equalize the subsidy and to retire the bonds. Its facing problems due
to NIMBYism and slum lords that don't want to compete for low income
tenants(What's new?). What the program has being praised for is its
independency from federal subsidization and its ability to limit low
income concentration.
It got me thinking....does anybody know if anyone has ever used GIS to
geographically track Section 8(which this program is now going to have
revert to Section 8 housing), or even more boldly, to prevent Section
8 concentration?
Housing Portfolio" Program, which can be found at:
http://alibi.com/alibi/current/oped_section.html#ortiz
It describes how the city raises municipal bonds to buy apartments and
rents 25% of them out as "affordable" and the rest for-profit to
equalize the subsidy and to retire the bonds. Its facing problems due
to NIMBYism and slum lords that don't want to compete for low income
tenants(What's new?). What the program has being praised for is its
independency from federal subsidization and its ability to limit low
income concentration.
It got me thinking....does anybody know if anyone has ever used GIS to
geographically track Section 8(which this program is now going to have
revert to Section 8 housing), or even more boldly, to prevent Section
8 concentration?