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Federally-Assisted Housing and Access to Schools: Analysis of Connecticut

Federally-Assisted Housing and Access to Schools: Analysis of Connecticut. Ingrid Gould Ellen Wagner School and Furman Center, NYU January 8 , 2014. Summary of Results. Assisted Households in Connecticut live near to lower performing public schools than other households.

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Federally-Assisted Housing and Access to Schools: Analysis of Connecticut

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  1. Federally-Assisted Housing and Access to Schools: Analysis of Connecticut Ingrid Gould Ellen Wagner School and Furman Center, NYU January 8, 2014

  2. Summary of Results Assisted Households in Connecticut live near to lower performing public schools than other households. • Project-Based Section 8 Tenants Near Worst Schools • Patterns least extreme for LIHTC program • Similar patterns in three largest MSAs NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  3. Methods • Use confidential data from HUD to obtain addresses for all federally-assisted households with children in Connecticut • Voucher holders, Public housing tenants, Project-based Section 8 tenants,LIHTC tenants (only 2BR+ units) • Identify elementary school within district that is nearest to each of these households with children • Rank schools within state and individual MSAs according to proficiency rates in Math and English NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  4. Median Performance of Schools Nearest to Households with Children, CT vs. USA NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  5. Median Poverty Rate of Schools Nearest to Households with Children, CT vs USA NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  6. Distribution of Households with Children Across Schools by Characteristics, CT NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  7. Median Characteristics of Schools Nearest to Households with Kids, Bridgeport MSA NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  8. Median Characteristics of Schools Nearest to Households with Kids, Hartford MSA NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  9. Median Characteristics of Schools Nearest to Households with Kids, New Haven MSA NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

  10. Thank you Thank you to PRRAC and the MacArthur Foundation for supporting this work Thanks to my co-author Keren Horn and our research assistant AbbieRudow Questions? NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

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