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UNCG Center forHousing andCommunity Studies“Housing Hangout”September 4, 2020Rob Finn, Director of Policy and Research, Center for Community Progresswww.communityprogress.net
About Community ProgressMissionTo foster strong, equitable communities where vacant,abandoned, and deteriorated properties are transformed intoassets for neighbors and neighborhoods.ServicesTechnical assistance, education and training, policy andresearch. Focus on systems-level change, emphasis on racialequity and justice.Snapshot Since 2010, provided TA to 250 communities in 30 states.Supported policy/programmatic change in dozens ofcommunities, reached 5,500 through education, distributed1000s of publicationsReclaiming Vacant Properties Conference – every 18 mos.Most recent RVP was October 2019 in Atlanta, GASee past sessions at: www.reclaimingvacantproperties.org
The Costs of Vacancy, Abandonment, andDeterioration to a Community.Photo: The Empty House Next Door, Understanding and Reducing Vacancy andHypervacancy in the United StatesAlan Mallach, Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress (May 2018)
Which neighborhoods are most affected?Home OwnershipLoan CorporationRedline Map ofKansas City(1930s and 40s)Source: Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond, and available c 12/39.0537/-94.5792&opacity 0.8&city greater-kansas-city-mo .
Which neighborhoods are most affected?Heat Map ofDangerousBuildings inKansas City.(OpenData KC)Source: City of Kansas City, MO website, Open Data KC available ngs-Heat-Map/tk48-vik5.
THE COST OF VACANCYTHE COST OF VACANT AND BLIGHTED PROPERTIESIN PITTSBURGH: A Conservative Analysis of Service,Tax Delinquency, and Spillover CostsCenter for Community Progress Report to theUrban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh,PennsylvaniaMarch 2017Authors:Dan Immergluck, Matt Kreis, Kim GrazianiNational Technical Assistance[Download the report by clicking this link.]
THE COST OF VACANCYPITTSBURGH DATA - 2016The Cost of Vacant and Blighted Properties in Pittsburgh: A Conservative Analysis ofService, Tax Delinquency, and Spillover Costs (March 2017), Center for Community Progress
Understanding the CostsThe Cost of Vacant and Blighted Properties in Pittsburgh: A Conservative Analysis ofService, Tax Delinquency, and Spillover Costs (March 2017), Center for Community Progress
Understanding the CostsVacant Properties (Structures and Lots)with Code Enforcement Inspections, Augustthrough October, 2016Locations of Dispatches over 10 minutesAssociated with Vacant Properties, 2015The Cost of Vacant and Blighted Properties in Pittsburgh: A Conservative Analysis of Service,Tax Delinquency, and Spillover Costs (March 2017) Center for Community Progress
Studies Show Huge Benefits WhenProblem Properties Are Addressed Reduces crime, in particulargun-related violence Improves health of residents Raises surrounding property values byup to 30% just by greening a vacant lot Increases tax revenue for municipalitiesand school districts
AFFORDABLE HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY COST The Pittsburgh report details calculable costs toservices (Code Enforcement/Police/Fire) as well ascalculable losses (property taxes and home values). What it does not quantify is the cost of losing anotherwise naturally occurring affordable housingunit. The lack of affordable housing was already at crisislevels prior to COVID-19. NLIHC’s annual study, “The Gap,” found thatextremely low income renters face a shortage of 7million affordable and available rental homes.(Released March 2020, pre-COVID-19.)
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY Neighborhood Homes InvestmentAct National Land Bank Network Act
Equitable Code EnforcementFilling the Gaps: Helping Struggling PropertyOwners Connect to Rehab and Repair Resources[Blog]
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UNCG Center for Housing and . Center for Community Progress Understanding the Costs Vacant Properties (Structures and Lots) with Code Enforcement Inspections, August through October, 2016 Locations of Dispatches over 10 minutes Associated with Vacant Properties, 2015.
