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Assessing the economic impact of community-based homeownership programs on inner-city neighborhoods.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Assessing the economic impact of community-based homeownership programs on inner-city neighborhoods.
Author:	Higgins, Lindley R.
Description:	174 p.
Notes:	Director: Stephen S. Fuller.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-02, Section: A, page: 0802.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-02A.
Subject:	Urban and Regional Planning.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3003306
ISBN:	0493121471

Assessing the economic impact of community-based homeownership programs on inner-city neighborhoods.
Higgins, Lindley R.

Assessing the economic impact of community-based homeownership programs on inner-city neighborhoods.[electronic resource] - 174 p.

Director: Stephen S. Fuller.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2001.

A comparison of the qualitative assessments of the neighborhood with changes in the selected indicators demonstrates that indicators of the residential real estate market can be effectively used to measure revitalization. Indicators of commercial activity were difficult to assess because of differences in the manner in which such data is collected across case studies. Crime data were found to not be good indicators of revitalization. Revitalization thresholds were identified, both qualitatively and statistically, as were factors how and why they occur.

ISBN: 0493121471Subjects--Topical Terms:

212416
Urban and Regional Planning.

Assessing the economic impact of community-based homeownership programs on inner-city neighborhoods.
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520 # $a A comparison of the qualitative assessments of the neighborhood with changes in the selected indicators demonstrates that indicators of the residential real estate market can be effectively used to measure revitalization. Indicators of commercial activity were difficult to assess because of differences in the manner in which such data is collected across case studies. Crime data were found to not be good indicators of revitalization. Revitalization thresholds were identified, both qualitatively and statistically, as were factors how and why they occur.
520 # $a Community development corporations (CDCs) efforts to revitalize distressed neighborhoods through the production of affordable for-sale housing have had a demonstrable impact in cities across the country. As these organizations increase their capacity and experience, there is a growing need for that impact to be described in quantitative, economic terms. This dissertation focuses on establishing methods for measuring the economic impacts of for-sale housing development by community-based organizations and developing and testing a tool that CDCs can use for this purpose. It also test the hypothesis that sufficient development in distressed neighborhoods may cause indicators to change rapidly at a point, a revitalization threshold, that can be identified using economic indicators.
520 # $a Seven neighborhoods in five cities are examined as case studies. Data were gathered on the timing and location of CDC housing development and compared to changes in indicators of the residential real estate market, commercial activity and crime rates. The timing of housing development and changes in the indicators, along with interviews with those knowledgeable of the neighborhood economy, were used to establish the nature of causation between the housing development and changes in the indicators. The state of revitalization was also assessed using the interviews and personal observation of the neighborhoods.
520 # $a These findings suggest that the economic impacts of CDCs on residential real estate markets can and should be measured, both to determine whether organizations are successful or not and to identify community development strategies that can effectively revitalize inner-city neighborhoods. The cases studies particularly point to the importance that development be concentrated in time and space and to the need for programs that complement housing development, which affects the manner in which funding should be provided to CDCs. In addition, the examination of revitalization thresholds identifies situations where gentrification may be a threat to revitalizing neighborhoods.
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