New study finds rent burden higher in segregated neighborhoods
Increased costs are borne by residents in segregated neighborhoods A new look at housing segregation in the U.S. lends credence to the idea that ?it?s expensive to be poor? and how, even 50 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, discrimination is a persistent and evolving challenge for our cities.
Released yesterday, a new Apartment List analysis of residential segregation patterns across the country reinforces the how historical discrimination has impacted U.S. cities and their residents. By combining Census and demographic information with rent data, the new report demonstrates the increased costs borne by residents in segregated neighborhoods.
In U.S. Census tracts with concentrated minority populations, the median income for renters is 28 percent below the metrowide median, according to the analysis. However, rent in these areas is just 12 percent less than the median, meaning that these tenants face a heavier rent burden than those in other neighborhoods. Despite their lower incomes, these renters do not have lower rents.
Apartment List
Creating a segregation index
The Apartment List report takes a new look at a long-festering problem. The study created a ?segregation index? for different minority groups?black, Hispanic, and Asian. This was calculated by determining the percentage of each group which would need to move to a different area to even-out the distribution of the minority group across the entire metro area. In effect, t...
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