Poverty Summit: VISTA’s 50 th Anniversary LBJ Library July 28, 2015 Ryan Robinson City Demographer Planning and Zoning Department

1.Nationally, the argument over whether or not “The War on Poverty” has been a success has become an almost purely political policy debate. 2.Austin is beginning to experience a profound manifestation of suburbanizing poverty whereby the City’s poorest households are being priced out—and these displaced households are largely households of color. Executive Summary

30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 05% ‘70s‘80s‘90s‘00s‘10s With and Without Poverty Programs Market Poverty 27.0% 28.7% Poverty Rate with Gov. Programs

Affordability

Poverty

Poverty Rate Population in Poverty

Source: American Community Survey, year estimates, Table B th

Source: American Community Survey, year estimates, Table B17001.

Overall Poverty Rate, 2012 = 20.3%

Overall Poverty Rate, 2013 = 17.8%

Economic Segregation and Suburbanization