“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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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