1. Where is Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing being developed in Los Angeles County? C.J. Gabbe UP 206A Midterm Presentation November 1, 2012

2. Where is LIHTC housing being developed in L.A. County? Skills: geocoding; graduated symbols

3. Large concentrations in or near downtown Los Angeles

4. HUD encourages LIHTC development in Qualified Census Tracts Skills: geoprocessing (clip)

5. Qualified Census Tracts in central Los Angeles County

6. About 44% of the county’s LIHTC units are in QCTs Skills: attribute subset selection (created new shapefile with tracts coded as QCT)

7. Smart Location Database Land Use Diversity + Rail Transit Skills: inset map 27% of LIHTC units are within a one-half mile buffer of a Metro rail station

8. Distance to rail for many developments, however, is a farther walk Skills: distance

9. Data Sources Low Income Housing Tax Credit database (HUD) LIHTC Qualified Census Tracts database (HUD) Smart Location Database: A National Dataset for Characterizing Location Sustainability and Urban Form (EPA) City boundaries (L.A. County) Tract boundaries (U.S. Census) Highways (ESRI) Rail lines and stations (Metro) Aerial image (Bing)

10. Next steps Create an index based on smart location criteria; Add data for public housing and voucher holders; Analyze walkshed based on a pedestrian network; and Use the index to analyze the locations of LIHTC, public housing, and voucher units.