Affordable Housing Research
The Whittier Alliance is participating in a regional survey by the Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) as an Addendum to its 2014 Analysis of Impediments (AI). FHIC has hired Mosiac Community Planning to identify underserved stakeholders and create a survey process to identify impediments. For more information about this process, see Mosaic's Community Engagement toolkit. Below you will find an online version of the survey, links to our public discussions via Facebook and our Community Issues meetings, dates for upcoming Affordable Housing focus groups, past data, current data and more as we get it.
Fair Housing discussion on Facebook
Q: Have you or people you know experienced discrimination since living in the Twin Cities? What type of discrimination occurred?
Q: Are people in the area segregated where they live? What characteristics define the segregation? What causes it to occur?
Q: If you could afford to move elsewhere, would you? a). If yes, why? What neighborhood would you choose to move to? What is attractive to you about this neighborhood? b). If no, why not?
Q: What do you believe are some of the best neighborhoods in the Twin Cities region? If you could afford houses in these places, are there any other barriers that would keep you from moving there?
Q: How has Whittier changed over the last few years? Who is moving into Whittier? Who is leaving? Why are these changes occurring?
Q: Are there people in Whittier you culturally identify with? How important is this to you?
Q: Please share a bit about the Whittier neighborhood from your perspective. What do you like or dislike about the neighborhood? Why did you choose to live here?
Q: Are people in the area segregated where they live? What characteristics define the segregation? What causes it to occur?
Q: If you could afford to move elsewhere, would you? a). If yes, why? What neighborhood would you choose to move to? What is attractive to you about this neighborhood? b). If no, why not?
Q: What do you believe are some of the best neighborhoods in the Twin Cities region? If you could afford houses in these places, are there any other barriers that would keep you from moving there?
Q: How has Whittier changed over the last few years? Who is moving into Whittier? Who is leaving? Why are these changes occurring?
Q: Are there people in Whittier you culturally identify with? How important is this to you?
Q: Please share a bit about the Whittier neighborhood from your perspective. What do you like or dislike about the neighborhood? Why did you choose to live here?
Feedback from a Discussion on Affordable Housing & Gentrification (December Community Issues Meeting)
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Resources and Links on the issues of affordability and gentrification in Minneapolis can be found below:
https://streets.mn/2015/10/08/affordable-housing-is-an-industry-too/
http://www.mhponline.org/blog/connect/692-updating-the-region-s-fair-housing-plan
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-accelerates-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul/401987055/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-gentrification-isn-t-the-rental-problem-poverty-is/403874986/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-criticism-of-study-on-gentrification-missed-key-points/405329726/
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-does-indeed-play-a-role-in-limiting-rental-options/405702216/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/12/02/gentrification-pushes-out-low-income-residents
https://streets.mn/2015/10/08/affordable-housing-is-an-industry-too/
http://www.mhponline.org/blog/connect/692-updating-the-region-s-fair-housing-plan
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-accelerates-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul/401987055/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-gentrification-isn-t-the-rental-problem-poverty-is/403874986/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-criticism-of-study-on-gentrification-missed-key-points/405329726/
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-does-indeed-play-a-role-in-limiting-rental-options/405702216/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/12/02/gentrification-pushes-out-low-income-residents
For demographic data on Whittier and beyond, visit MN Compass
For our study on rental rates, visit our Development Page
For our study on rental rates, visit our Development Page
