Expanding Housing Choices for HUD-Assisted Families
APPENDIX A: ELIGIBLE CITIES AND APPLICANTS
FOR THE MTO DEMONSTRATION
The FY 1993 NOFA for the Moving to Opportunities for Fair Housing (MTO)
demonstration was issued by the Office of Public and Indian Housing on
August 16, 1993 and closed on November 15, 1993. Twenty-one cities were
eligible to apply: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver,
Detroit, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, MO, Long Beach, CA, Los Angeles,
Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, San
Jose, Seattle, and Washington, DC. Sixteen applications were submitted
jointly by PHAs and non-profits:
1. Baltimore/Community Assistance Network
2. Boston/Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership.
3. Chicago/Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities.
4. Cleveland/Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio.
5. Dallas/Dallas Urban League.
6. Denver/No NPO selected.
7. Detroit/Operation Get Down.
8. Fort Worth/Housing Opportunities, Inc.
9. Houston/Harris County Hospital.
10. Kansas City, MO/Greater Kansas City Housing Information Center.
11. Los Angeles/Fair Housing Congress/Beyond Shelter.
12. New York/Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp.
13. Philadelphia/Housing Association of Delaware Valley.
14. San Diego Housing Commission/Fair Housing Council of San Diego.
15. San Francisco/Catholic Charities, Project Homeward Bound.
16. Washington, D.C./Apartment Improvement Program/Housing Counseling
Services.
APPENDIX B:
REFERENCE DATA ON MTO DEMONSTRATION SITES
|
Baltimore |
Boston |
Chicago |
Los Angeles |
New York |
| Housing Authority |
Housing Authority of Baltimore City |
Boston HousingAuthority |
Chicago Housing Authority |
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles |
New York City Housing Authority |
| Non-Profit |
Community Assistance Network |
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership |
Leadership Council for Metropolit.Open Com. |
Fair Housing Congress and Beyond Shelter |
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation |
| MTO Target Area |
| # Census Tracts |
5 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
| Avg. Poverty Rate |
67% |
49% |
67% |
54% |
47% |
| # Projects |
8 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
| Progress to Date (2/28/96) |
# MTO Lease-Ups
(% of Target Number) |
98
(69%) |
99
(69%) |
18
(13%) |
63
(67%) |
41
(29%) |
# Comparison Lease-Ups
(% of Target Number) |
68
(48%) |
44
(31%) |
33
(23%) |
32
(34%) |
14
(10%) |
| MTO Success Rate |
60% |
55% |
N/A |
51% |
25% |
| Comparison Success Rate |
71% |
73% |
N/A |
62% |
16% |
| Preliminary Costs |
| Per Family Served |
$1,665 |
$1,569 |
N/A |
$1,308 |
$ 590 |
| Per Family Placed |
$2,844 |
$2816 |
N/A |
$2,111 |
$2,501 |
APPENDIX C: MTO SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS
| RESEARCHER
|
TOPIC
|
|
Robert Crain (Columbia University)
|
This study, focusing on African-American
MTO participants, uses an existing survey instrument already in use in
another community to examine the housing search strategies of MTO participants,
the characteristics common to families that successfully adapt to an MTO
move, and the effect of moving to a predominantly white neighborhood on
teenaged participants' social, educational, and employment opportunities. |
| Joe Darden (Michigan State University) |
| New York |
|
Lawrence Katz (Harvard University)
|
This study uses MTO baseline
data and public data to give an aggregate overview of the extent to which
MTO movers have increased opportunities in their new neighborhoods, and
to investigate the various barriers to mobility. |
| Jeffrey Kling (MIT) |
| Boston |
|
Helen Ladd (Brookings Institution)
|
This study uses participant
interviews and census data to examine the actual and perceived changes
in educational opportunities experienced by MTO movers. |
| Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University) |
| Baltimore |
|
Mark Matulef (Westat, Inc.)
|
This study uses existing MTO
databases, interviews with program staff and focus groups to determine
whether MTO participants who receive housing counseling and search services
realize their locational, social, and economic objectives at a higher rate
than participants who receive only conventional Section 8 briefings. |
| Manuel Pastor (Occidental College) |
| Los Angeles |
|
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Columbia University)
|
This study involves interviewing
teenaged students and their parents who are MTO participants to describe
the peer, family, school, neighborhood, and individual processes that might
facilitate or restrict adaptation to the new setting. |
| Phillip Thompson (Columbia University) |
| New York |
|
| Nancy Denton (SUNY Albany) |
This study uses a survey of
MTO and Section 8 families to identify the nature and extent of adjustment
problems, and to pinpoint the differences in these problems based on the
program in which the family is participating. |
| Chicago |
|
Sara McLanahan (Princeton University)
Maria Hanratty (Princeton University) |
This study uses several data
sources, including a telephone survey of MTO participants to examine the
factors that affect families' decisions to participate in the MTO program,
and the determinants of participants' choice in housing location. |
| Los Angeles |
|
| Donald Norris (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) |
This study investigates differences
in MTO participants' housing search strategies, and examines the factors
that influence their choices of residential location, by interviewing counselors
and conducting focus groups of MTO participants. |
| Baltimore |
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