HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)

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Details Low poverty index, labor market engagement index, school proficiency index, low transportation cost index, transit trips index, jobs proximity index, environmental health index
Topics Poverty, transportation costs, transit, job proximity, school proficiency, environmental health, opportunity
Source Dept. Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Years Available 2015
Geographies Block group, tract
Public Edition or Subscriber-only Public Edition
Download Available yes
For more information https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4848/affh-data-documentation/

Description:

As part of its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) initiative, HUD released a series of opportunity indices. To assist PolicyMap users engaged in AFFH efforts, PolicyMap has loaded the following opportunity indices to PolicyMap: low poverty index, labor market engagement index, school proficiency index, low transportation cost index, transit trips index, jobs proximity index and environmental health index. For more information about the component data and methodology that HUD used in creating these indices, please consult their AFFH data documentation here.

Available Data Layers & Indicators
Indicator Name Geographies Measurement Type Time Frame Coverage
School proficiency index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Environmental health index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Transit trips index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Low poverty index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Jobs proximity index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Labor market engagement index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015
Low transportation cost index Census Tract, Block Group Index 2015