1. Housing Displacement in Brooklyn - Preliminary Findings Aviva Zeltzer-Zubida Department of Sociology Brooklyn College/CUNY June 2006

2. Big Questions:  Are people in Brooklyn experiencing housing displacement?  If so, where does it happen?  If so, who does it happen to?  If so, where do the people go? Big Problems:  It is very hard to measure housing displacement in a large scale, systematic way (no data, local phenomenon).  There is relatively little research on the topic.

3. Little Solutions:  Use 2000 census data to explore patterns related to housing displacement in Brooklyn.  Compare with 1990 census data to observe changes across time.  Identify tracts where displacement happened or might happen in the future and conduct qualitative studies.

4. Demographic Characteristics % white % foreign born % large family HH (7+) median per capita income in 1999 % dense rentals (rooms with 2.01+ Occupants) Residence characteristics % owner occupied units % owner occupied new houses (1900-2000) % recent renters (1995-2000) % living in same house since 1995 % young adult recent movers (35-44 yo) % small units (2- bedrooms) Housing costs % HH paying low rent ($300-$599) % HH spending more than half of income on rent % owner occupied high cost houses ($1,000,000 or more) Exploring Brooklyn – Stage 1

5. Segregated Diversity Preliminary data analysis of the 2000 census suggests that although, in general, Brooklyn in a diverse borough, it is segregated at the tract level. The correlation between the different characteristics of the tracts suggests that the segregation is multi-faceted. Demographic characteristics, Residence characteristics and Housing costs seem to vary simultaneously. Further analysis points to the existence of 4 major types of tracts in Brooklyn. For lack of better names, they will be called – type 1,2,3 and 4. Your help with names will be appreciated…

6. Differences in median per capita income Source: 2000 US Census (SF-3)

7. Population Distribution Across Types Source: 2000 US Census (SF-3)

8. Differences in other indicators (types 1 and 2) Source: 2000 US Census (SF-3)

9. Differences in other indicators (types 1,3 and 4) Source: 2000 US Census (SF-3)

10. Orange next to Blue or Yellow – Risk of Displacement! Source: 2000 US Census (SF-3)

11. Places to look at…

12. So where do we go from here? Explore further the relationship between social segregation and the risk of housing displacement  Compare 2000 data with previous years  Compare Brooklyn with other boroughs and cities  Conduct qualitative studies of specific locations  Think about policy implications and action plans...