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“Creciendo Juntos”: Growing Together
Reaching Out To The Hispanic Community
Prepared by Try L. Muller Fair Housing Program Manager Piedmont Housing Alliance February 13, 2009
Presentation Agenda
The presentation covers five subjects:
PART I : Discrimination – The Fair Housing Crisis in Charlottesville
PART II: Common Methods Used Against Hispanic Residents
PART III: The Need To Serve More Hispanic Clients
PART IV: Recommendations
Conclusion: Benefits
Presentation Summary
The presentation highlights:
Current fair housing trends demonstrate the extent to which the Hispanic population is adversely impacted
The types of practices are being used against Hispanic residents
The disparity in how many Hispanic clients we serve as opposed to other ethnicities
Possible solutions
Introduction
The 1968 Fair Housing Act: The most powerful tool in our civil rights arsenal (NFHA, (2008).
The mission of PHA’s Fair Housing Program under the Fair Housing Law
The findings in this presentation call on PHA to extend itself to a specific, vulnerable and overlooked group of people: the Hispanic Community
Part I: Discrimination – The Fair Housing Crisis in Charlottesville
Population served by PHA: Black (17%), White (74%), Hispanic (6%), Other (3%) (US Census Bureau, 2007)
Significance: The Urban Planning program at the UVA performed a Neighborhood Analysis
The most adversely impacted minorities
Research by NFHA (National Fair Housing Alliance): Blacks are twice as likely to experience housing discrimination as whites (NFHA, 2006).
Part I: Con’t
A similar relationship exists between Blacks and Hispanics (Reifenberger, 2007).
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Why is the Hispanic community so vulnerable? Communication and awareness
Part II: Common Methods Used Against Hispanics Residents
In Charlottesville, rental properties are where Hispanic residents experience the most problems (Reifenberger, 2007).
Steering and Familial Status are the most practiced discriminatory methods (Silver, 2007).
What is “steering”? What is familial status?
The following charts show a trend in apartment rentals that can be attributed to a combination of both steering and familial status.
Part II: Con’t
The Landing $750/mo
Southern Villas $675/mo
Trophy Chase $715/mo
Townwood 750/mo
Note: There is less than $100 difference in rent and the complexes are within 2 miles of each other.
Part III: The Need To Serve More Hispanic Clients
The following chart shows the disparity in Hispanic clients PHA served since 2005 compared to the NFHA national average for a private FHIP.
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2005 2006 2007 2008
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NFHANationalAvg. For.FHIP's
Part IV: Recommendations – Step 1
Recommendations: Financial Break Down
Recommendations: Step 2
Conclusion: Benefits Shows the community that PHA recognizes when our
residents are in need
HUD will provide PHA more funding per year
We will be further fulfilling our mission to improve the quality of living for all people.
References
National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). (2006). Unequal Opportunity—PerpetuatingHousing Segregation In America. 2006 Fair Housing Trends Report,. 5-9,
15-39 National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). (2007). The Crisis of Housing Segregation.
Fair Housing Trends Report. 2007 Fair Housing Trends Report, 2-35 National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). (2008). Dr. King’s Dream Denied: Forty
Years Of Failed Federal Enforcement. 2008 Fair Housing Trends Report, 2-44
Reifenberger, Karen. (2007). Segregation and Employment Inequality In Charlottesville.
An Introduction to Fair Housing, 7, 9, 15-20 Rusk, David. (2001). The Segregation Tax: Cost of Racial Segregation to the
African-American and Latino Communities. The Brookings Institution’s Center
on Urban andMetropolitan Policy, 10
Silver, Josh. (2007). There Is No Shield Against Racial Differences in Housing: A Comparison of Housing Discrimination in America’s Metropolitan Areas.
NationalCommunity Reinvestment Coalition, 4-21
US Census Bureau. (2007). American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 1, 2009 from
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/Black/ppl-164/tab21.txt US Census Bureau. (2007). American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 1, 2009 from
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/Hispanic/ppl-164/tab21.txt