East Central Florida Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Affordable Housing Study Bill O’Dell Shimberg Center for Housing Studies 21 February 2014
Affordable Housing Suitability Neighborhood Accessibility Healthcare Schools Childcare Retail Recreation / Entertainment Site Suitability Physical Characteristics Land Use Characteristics Transit Access Driving Cost Socioeconomic (FHEA) Demand from Low/Mod Wage Jobs Overlays: Example of Model Structure (SunRail) Land Values Proximity to Similar Land Use Growth Soils Flooding Hazardous Sites Air Pollution Noise
Two Scenarios Pre-SunRailPost-SunRail Existing model inputs land uses employment locations LYNX transit system New model inputs future land uses in station areas employment locations LYNX + SunRail Changes to Driving Cost Affordable Housing Demand Transit Accessibility to Jobs
Residential Suitability Overview of GIS Suitability Analysis Overlay layers of spatially referenced information to a build cumulative assessment of an area’s attributes
Residential Suitability Neighborhood Accessibility to Services Recreation & Entertainment Retail Childcare Schools Healthcare Neighborhood Accessibility ProximityOpportunitiesAccessibility
Reserve at Indian Hill & Silver Lakes Village Apartments: Neighborhood Accessibility
Reserve at Indian Hill & Silver Lakes Village Apartments: Walk to Transit
Reserve at Indian Hill & Silver Lakes Village Apartments: Transit to Work
Component 4 Demand for Affordable Units (“walking distance”)
Composite Suitability (not including Demand Component)
Orange areas: High driving costs Little or no transit accessibility to jobs
Zooming In: Improving transit access in Lake Mary, Sanford station areas can lead to lower travel costs, more accessibility to job centers for residents
Affordable housing demand generated by low-mod wage jobs is high throughout SunRail station areas
Most assisted rental housing is located in southern 2/3 of SunRail station areas
Clusters of housing based on transit accessibility to jobs, fair housing/economic opportunity Transit access and opportunity can complement, conflict (Southern Stations)
Strategies High access/high opportunity areas: affordable housing development & preservation Low access/high opportunity areas: improve transit access High access/low opportunity areas: economic diversification (North Central Stations)