Item 32 - Second Reading of Uncodified Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-07

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1.7 Access to Opportunities To assess fair access to opportunities regionally and locally, this analysis uses HUD Opportunity Indicators and TCAC Opportunity Area Maps. This section also specifically addresses economic, education, environmental, and transportation opportunities. HUD developed an index for assessing fair housing by informing communities about disparities in access to opportunity based on race/ethnicity and poverty status. Index scores are based on the following opportunity indicator indices (values range from 0 to 100): •Low Poverty Index: The higher the score, the less exposure to poverty in a neighborhood. •School Proficiency Index: The higher the score, the higher the school system quality is in a neighborhood. •Labor Market Engagement Index: The higher the score, the higher the labor force participation and human capital in a neighborhood. •Transit Trips Index: The higher the trips transit index, the more likely residents in that neighborhood utilize public transit. •Low Transportation Cost Index: The higher the index, the lower the cost of transportation in that neighborhood. •Jobs Proximity Index: The higher the index value, the better access to employment opportunities for residents in a neighborhood. •Environmental Health Index: The higher the value, the better environmental quality of a neighborhood. To assist in this analysis, HCD and the California TCAC convened the California Fair Housing Task Force to “provide research, evidence-based policy recommendations, and other strategic recommendations to HCD and other related state agencies/departments to further the fair housing goals (as defined by HCD).” The task force created “opportunity maps” to identify resource levels across the state “to accompany new policies aimed at increasing access to high opportunity areas for families with children in housing financed with 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).” These opportunity maps are made from composite scores of three different domains made up of a set of indicators related to economic, environmental, and educational opportunities and poverty and racial segregation. Based on these domain scores, tracts are categorized as Highest Resource, High Resource, Moderate Resource, Moderate Resource (Rapidly Changing), Low Resource, or areas of High Segregation and Poverty. Table 8 shows the full list of indicators. ATTACHMENT 3