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- description: A new component of fair housing studies is an analysis of the opportunities residents are afforded in racially
or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, also called RCAPs or ECAPs. An RCAP or ECAP is a neighborhood with significant
concentrations of extreme poverty and minority populations. HUD s definition of an RCAP/ECAP is: A Census tract that has a
non white population of 50 percent or more AND a poverty rate of 40 percent or more; OR A Census tract that has a non white
population of 50 percent or more AND the poverty rate is three times the average tract poverty rate for the metro/micro area,
whichever is lower. Why the 40 percent threshold? The RCAP/ECAP definition is not meant to suggest that a slightly lower than
40 percent poverty rate is ideal or acceptable. The threshold was borne out of research that concluded a 40 percent poverty
rate was the point at which a neighborhood became significantly socially and economically challenged. Conversely, research
has shown that areas with up to 14 percent of poverty have no noticeable effect on community opportunity. (See Section II
in City of Austin s 2015 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice: http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/NHCD/Reports_Publications/1Analysis_Impediments_for_web.pdf)
This dataset provides socioeconomic data on protected classes from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey on census tracts
in Austin s city limits and designates which of those tracts are considered RCAPs or ECAPs based on these socioeconomic characteristics.
A map of the census tracts designated as RCAPs or ECAPs is attached to this dataset and downloadable as a pdf (see below).;
abstract: A new component of fair housing studies is an analysis of the opportunities residents are afforded in racially or
ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, also called RCAPs or ECAPs. An RCAP or ECAP is a neighborhood with significant concentrations
of extreme poverty and minority populations. HUD s definition of an RCAP/ECAP is: A Census tract that has a non white population
of 50 percent or more AND a poverty rate of 40 percent or more; OR A Census tract that has a non white population of 50 percent
or more AND the poverty rate is three times the average tract poverty rate for the metro/micro area, whichever is lower. Why
the 40 percent threshold? The RCAP/ECAP definition is not meant to suggest that a slightly lower than 40 percent poverty rate
is ideal or acceptable. The threshold was borne out of research that concluded a 40 percent poverty rate was the point at
which a neighborhood became significantly socially and economically challenged. Conversely, research has shown that areas
with up to 14 percent of poverty have no noticeable effect on community opportunity. (See Section II in City of Austin s 2015
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice: http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/NHCD/Reports_Publications/1Analysis_Impediments_for_web.pdf)
This dataset provides socioeconomic data on protected classes from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey on census tracts
in Austin s city limits and designates which of those tracts are considered RCAPs or ECAPs based on these socioeconomic characteristics.
A map of the census tracts designated as RCAPs or ECAPs is attached to this dataset and downloadable as a pdf (see below).
Citation
- Title Concentrations of Protected Classes from Analysis of Impediments.
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2018-02-03T22:46:28.036541
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