This presentation summarizes the findings of a Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA) conducted for the Seven50 regional planning initiative. The assessment analyzed 33 indicators related to access to opportunity across housing, transportation, education, economic development and other areas. Key findings include high levels of cost-burdened households, racial segregation and disparities in poverty rates, educational attainment and school performance. Specific neighborhoods are profiled that demonstrate these challenges. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the need to address poverty and increase access to opportunity through regional goals, policies and strategies in areas like housing, transportation and education to be incorporated into the Regional Plan.

1. +
Seven50
Executive
Committee
Presentation
James Carras

2. + Seven 50 - Sustainable Communities
Regional Planning Grant – Fair Housing
and Equity Assessment (FHEA)
 Understand the historical, current and future
context for opportunity in the region and the
data and evidence that demonstrates those
dynamics
 Engage regional leaders and stakeholders on
findings and implications of analysis
 Integrate knowledge developed through the
Regional FHEA exercise into the Regional Plan
strategy development process (e.g., priority
setting and decision making)
2
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

3. +
Why the FHEA?
 ―Sustainability also means creating ‗geographies of
opportunity,‘ places that effectively connect people to
jobs, quality public schools, and other amenities.
 Today, too many HUD-assisted families are stuck in
neighborhoods of concentrated poverty and
segregation, where one's zip code predicts poor
education, employment, and even health outcomes.
 These neighborhoods are not sustainable in their present
state.
—HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, February 23, 2010
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
3

4. +
FHEA
Fair and just inclusion.
Goal: To make our region a more fair
and just place where all residents
can access and take advantage of
the region‘s economic, social, and
environmental assets
4Carras Community Investment, Inc.

5. +
Opportunity = Prosperity
• Southeast Florida
demographic transformation
• Pursuing strategies that
create more inclusion are no
longer only moral
imperatives—they are
economic ones.
• Addressing income
disparities/poverty and
business development are
fundamental to region‘s
economic future. 5Carras Community Investment, Inc.

6. +
Opportunity
Economic
Development
Housing
Transportation
Education
6
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

7. +
Barriers and
Access to
Opportunity
Existing Conditions
7Carras Community Investment, Inc.

8. +
Opportunity Analyses
 Addresses 33 community indicators in five categories
 Access to opportunity, measured by our ―opportunity index‖ is relative
to the following indicators
8
Demographic
Race
Linguistic
Isolation
Economic
Household
Income
Poverty
Unemployment
Nutritional
Assistance
Education
Educational
Attainment
Public Schools
Neighborhood
Housing
Occupancy
Household
Composition
Housing
Affordability Gap
Cost Burdon of
Households
Affordable
Housing
Access to a
Supermarket
Transportation
Commuting
Pattern
Access to a
Vehicle
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

9. +
Homeowners & Renters
 1.5 million owner-occupied
housing units
 prominent in suburban
areas
 750,000 renter-occupied units
 more common in the
eastern and higher
density areas of the
region
9
Owner-Occupied Units
Renter-Occupied Units
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

10. +
Cost-Burdened Households
 60% of renting households  46% of mortgage paying households
10
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

11. +
13.50%
18.2%
0%
4%
8%
12%
16%
20%
Less than
$20,000
$20,000 to
$34,999
$35,000 to
$49,999
$50,000 to
$74,999
$75,000 or
more
Households paying 30% or more of their income on monthly housing
costs, 2010
Seven-50 SE Florida Region
Owner-occupied housing units Renter-occupied housing units
Low-income, renters are
disproportionately cost-burdened
throughout the region
11
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

12. +
Concentrations of
Poverty
12
• Over 850,000
people below
poverty level in the
region
13%
14%
10%
12% 12%
17%
11%
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

13. +
Race/Ethnicity + Segregation
13
Black/African American Hispanic/Latino
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

14. +
Race/Ethnicity + Segregation
14
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

15. +
4.80%
17.30%
30.90%
Martin County,
Poverty Rate by Race and
Ethnicity,2010
199,336
53,036
45,995
Martin County,
Population by Race/Ethnicity
2010
Hispanic/Latino Black/African American White
Poverty + Race/Ethnicity
15
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

16. +
Raising children in poverty means
that everything is more
complicated.
16
• 32% of families with children under 18 with a
single head of households are below the
poverty level
“Is your housing situation secure?
Can you afford groceries?
Do you go with the cheapest fast food?
Can you get the prescription filled?”
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

17. +
Assisted Housing + Race/ethnicity
 54% of the region‘s
assisted housing units
have minority tenants
 27% Black
 26% Hispanic
 Miami-Dade - highest
percentage of minority
tenants - 91%
 Followed by St. Lucie
County at 81% (72% -
Black)
17
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Race and Ethnicity of Tenants
in Assisted Housing Units as of
2008
% Minority % Black % Hispanic
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

18. +
Travel Mode
180% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Drive Alone
Carpool
Public Transportation
Indian River County, Florida
St. Lucie County, Florida
Martin County, Florida
Palm Beach County, Florida
Broward County, Florida
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Monroe County, Florida
7-County SE Florida Region
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
White
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino origin (of
any race)
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

19. +
Travel time to work
19
25 24
27
42
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

20. +
Travel and Housing Costs
 According to Center for Neighborhood Technology:
 > 30 % of income for housing costs is cost burdened
 > 45 % of income for housing and transportation costs is cost
burdened
 85% of the Miami Dade/Fort Lauderdale MSA is over 45% - the
highest in the country (average 60%)
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
20

21. +
Educational Attainment–
No High School
 17% of people in the region
25 years of age and above
lack a high school diploma
 Communities where the
number of high school non-
graduates exceeds 30%
 Fort Pierce
 Belle Glade
 Lauderdale Lakes
 Hialeah
 Opa-locka, and the northwest
of Miami-Dade County,
 Blue Cypress Conservation
Area of Indian River County
21
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

22. +
Educational Attainment-
High School
22
 28% of all adults 25
years of age older have
earned just a high
school diploma
 Many of them reside
within the central third
of the three-county
MSA and in St. Lucie
and Monroe counties
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

23. +
Educational Attainment-
College Graduates
23
 1.19 million people in
Southeast Florida have
earned one or more
college degrees
 Same percentage of
those with just a high
school diploma
 Distribution is different
 College graduates being
largely concentrated
along the coast and the
western urban growth
boundary
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

24. +
Educational Attainment-
FCAT Scores
24
 The Florida Department
of Education ranks
schools statewide by the
number of school grade
points they received for
the 2010-2011 school
year
 Note: this indicator was
not incorporated into the
index because too few
census tracts contained
data and incorporating
would have weakened
the statistical rigor of the
index
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

25. +
Sistrunk*
 97% of the population is African
American
 The median income one third
less than county average
 40% of families with children
below poverty
 Low educational attainment
and low quality scores
 FCAT scores in surrounding tracts
rank ‗C‘ and ‗D‘
 40% of adults have less than a
high school diploma.
 One out of 10 units are vacant
25
*Census Tract 411
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

26. +
Kendall Green*
 Cost-burdened and
segregated neighborhood
 African American‘s account
for 90% of the population
 75% of renters spend 30% or
more of their income on
related housing costs
 40% of all households have
seniors
 30% of the population has less
than a high school degree or
equivalent
26
*Census Tract 304.01
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

27. +
Hallandale*
 One quarter of residents
don‘t speak English at home
 Median household income is
$25,000, approximately 50%
of the county‘s average
 40% of ALL persons live in
poverty
 A third of all housing units are
vacant
 Affordability gap for renters is
over $300 a month
27
*Census Tract 1005.01
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

28. +
Opportunity
Indices
28Carras Community Investment, Inc.

29. +
Addressing Poverty
Key issue in all low opportunity
communities is poverty.
We need to plan to address poverty and
its ramifications on people and the
regional economy.
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
29

30. •Along the coast or the urban growth
boundary of the South Florida MSA
•A significant part of the region
•Indicating potentially negative trends
particularly if there is continued
economic uncertainty and/or natural
disasters
•Concentrated in Miami-Dade
County, central Broward, West Palm
Beach County, and the exurban
western end of the Treasure Coast
30
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

31. 31
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

32. 32
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

33. 33
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

34. 34
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

35. +
Moving
Forward
Building Access to Opportunity
35Carras Community Investment, Inc.

36. +
Advancing Regional Opportunity
 The Seven50 Regional Plan needs to create regional:
 Goals
 Policies
 Strategies and Actions
 FHEA helps inform the Regional Plan in developing a
vision, framework, and roadmap that increases access to
opportunity:
 Housing
 Transportation
 Environmental Justice
 Education
 Economic Development
 Public Infrastructure
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
36

37. +
Community Deliberation
 Over twenty public meetings and FHEA/RAI presentations
including:
 Seven50 Opportunity in the Region Workshop
 HOPE Fair Housing workshops
 Broward Alliance for Neighborhood Development
 Seven50 Summit Two
 Raise Florida/War on Poverty Regional Meeting
 1200 Participants
 Key stakeholder interviews
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
37

38. +
In your discussion group…
 Establish a shared vision and set of aspirational values
related to your sense of opportunity.
 Establish and recommend goals to be addressed in the
Regional Plan
 Establish attainable strategies, so that a long-term and
empowering vision is balanced with shorter
term, concrete steps to get there.
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
38

39. + Need to Address in Regional Plan
 Strengthening low opportunity communities
 Stabilizing and Improving moderate opportunity
communities
 Maintaining high opportunity communities and
creating greater access for all
 Focus on interrelationship of
housing, transportation, economic
development opportunities and education
 Ongoing mechanism that updates data
indicators and progress
 Create inclusive leadership model
39
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

40. +
Vision and Values
 One Southeast Florida
 Equal access to quality, affordable, sustainable opportunities
 Create geographies of opportunities for every neighborhood, family
and individual
 Region-wide infrastructure that facilitates and promotes fair and just
inclusion of all residents
 Equal access to quality: affordable, sustainable opportunities
 All South Florida residents have access to appropriate
education, efficient transportation, affordable housing and
diversified job opportunities to reduce poverty levels.
 Promote planning and development policies that encourage
revitalization of communities, affordable mixed use/mixed income
housing and efficient transportation choices near
employment, health centers and shopping corridors along with
access to education and training that targets areas of economic
opportunity.
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
40

41. +
Goals
 Create diverse, walkable and connected
communities
 Form a Regional Opportunity Network to
provide a Resource Tool Kit to assist
communities in addressing
shelter, education, jobs, food
issues, transportation
 Provide inclusionary mixed-income housing near
job centers and public transportation
 Promote urban farming/gardens and access to
healthy foods
 Enhance accessible public transportation
connecting residents to jobs and education.
 Help build family assets
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
41

42. + Strategies
 Harness capital resources – especially private sector
investments and debt
 Increase financial services and products for homeownership
and business development.
 Create workforce training that matches residents with job
opportunities. Improve educational outcomes for low-
income youth and youth of color.
 Create double/triple bottom line funds that leverage federal
resources including New Market Tax Credits and EB5
 Help build Capacity – over 150 government entities –
municipalities, counties, CRAs. Need to provide sustainable
development assistance (resources, tools)
 Combat NIMBYism
Carras Community Investment, Inc.
42

43. +
Opportunity
Economic
Development
Housing
Transportation
Education
43
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

44. +
Further information:
 Project Manager: James Carras
 FHEA
 Urban Revitalizations Solutions, Inc. Rebecca Walter, Serge
Atherwood
 RAI
 Anna McMaster
 Rasheed Shotoyo
 FHEA and RAI Documents are available at seven50.org
 For further information contact James Carras
 Phone: 954.415.2022
 Email: carras@bellsouth.net
44
Carras Community Investment, Inc.