1. STRATEGY THEME A:
Provide Resources for Informed
Decision Making & Action
Who is involved? Currently? Going forward?
What do they do?
What are the benchmarks to success?
What are the resource needs to get there? Where do
they come from?

2. Preliminary Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Preliminary
strategies
developed by
Working Team
Members
and Contributors
Theme A:
Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
Develop a Regional Property Information System including open
source data on neighborhoods & municipalities.
Develop a tool box for municipalities, developers, non-profits, and
residents to effectively design, produce and preserve sustainable
housing types and neighborhoods.
Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and
neighborhood.

3. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
1. Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and neighborhood.
City of Buffalo
Neighborhood Classifications
Rankings based on:
1. Poverty Level
2. Housing Cost Burden
3. Unemployment Rate
4. Single-Headed Household with
Dependent
5. Renter Occupancy Rate
6. Residential Vacancy Rate
7. Residential Sale Price
Local Precedent:

4. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
1. Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and neighborhood.
City of Buffalo
Neighborhood Classifications
Rankings based on:
1. Poverty Level
2. Housing Cost Burden
3. Unemployment Rate
4. Single-Headed Household with
Dependent
5. Renter Occupancy Rate
6. Residential Vacancy Rate
7. Residential Sale Price
Local Precedent:

5. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
1. Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and neighborhood.
City of Buffalo
Neighborhood Classifications
Rankings based on:
1. Poverty Level
2. Housing Cost Burden
3. Unemployment Rate
4. Single-Headed Household with
Dependent
5. Renter Occupancy Rate
6. Residential Vacancy Rate
7. Residential Sale Price
Local Precedent:

6. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
1. Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and neighborhood.
Best Practice: The Reinvestment Fund - Market Value Analysis
Results: Identify strategic locations to invest scare resources
Key Attributes: block group level analysis
stats checked against ‘real world’ conditions
cluster analysis leads to market typologies
target project analysis then views property level investment
through this lens

7. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners

8. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
1. Assess and address supply against demand by housing type and neighborhood.
Draft Action Steps:
Potential Actors:
Vision of Success:
Resource Needs and Sources:

9. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
2. Develop a Regional Property Information System including open source data on
neighborhoods & municipalities.
UBRI / LISC Buffalo Niagara Property
Intelligence Network Proposal
Local Precedent:

10. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
2. Develop a Regional Property Information System including open source data on
neighborhoods & municipalities.
Best Practices - Data Systems: NEOCANDO; Philadelphia NIS
Result: Provide ongoing, up-to-date data to track changes and guide actions in a
proactive manner
Key Attributes: data from multiple cross-sector partners
relevant to the parcel level
accessible to the public

11. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
2. Develop a Regional Property Information System including open source data on
neighborhoods & municipalities.
Best Practices - Open Data: DC stat data catalogue
PDX open Data Initiative
Results: foster civic engagement and tech innovation
Key Attributes: available for download in raw format for external
evaluation, presentation and applications
single point of decision making on privacy concerns

12. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
2. Develop a Regional Property Information System including open source data on
neighborhoods & municipalities.
Draft Action Steps:
Potential Actors:
Vision of Success:
Resource Needs and Sources:

13. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
3. Develop a tool box for municipalities, developers, non-profits, and residents to
effectively design, produce and preserve sustainable housing types and
neighborhoods
Framework for Regional Growth GIS site
Partnership for Public Good Citizen Tool Kit
Local Precedent:

14. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
3. Develop a tool box for municipalities, developers, non-profits, and residents to
effectively design, produce and preserve sustainable housing types and
neighborhoods.
Best Practices: Minnesota Center for Housing Policy and the Urban Land Institute
Center for Housing Policy
University of Kansas Community Tool Box
Results: On-line guide for housing policy and strategy for local capacity
building.
Key Attributes: Build on national sources with local information; however
these models do not seem to be connected to in-person technical
assistance or design review

15. Refining Strategies: Housing and Neighborhoods
Theme A: Provide Resources for Informed Decision Making & Action
-- supply data and tools for cross sector partners
3. Develop a tool box for municipalities, developers, non-profits, and residents to
effectively design, produce and preserve sustainable housing types and
neighborhoods.
Draft Action Steps:
Potential Actors:
Vision of Success:
Resource Needs and Sources: