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Equity Consideration
Policy/ Plan Dev: Equity Consideration, AICP Nov 2022 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Equity Consciousness | Planners should respond in a way that is sensitive to racial, multicultural and gender perspectives. |
| President FDR "New Deal" | In 1935 New Deal experimental greenbelt home project excluded families of color from receiving mortgages. While white families took advantage and prospered, |
| Employment | Since Jan 2000, employment rate for African American men has been 11 to 15% lower than whites. |
| Poor | Since 1980 1:4 blacks, 1:4 Native Americans and 1:5 Hispanics are classified as poor, only 1:10 whites and 1:10 Asians are poor. |
| Earning Gap | Between 1970 and 2010 the earnings gap between white and Hispanic men grew from 29% to 42% . |
| Median Earnings | In 2010, median earnings for black males were 32 % lower than median earnings for whites. |
| Wealth | In 2013, for every $1 of wealth held by median white family, African American had .08 and Hispanics had .10. |
| Housing | As of 2014, 45% of Hispanic families and 41% of black families live in owner-occupied housing. For white families, that figure is 71%. |
| Health | Blacks are 2 to 3x as likely than whites to suffer from hypertension and diabetes, leading to higher rates of cardiovascular disease. |
| Should Equalize Starting Conditions | Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are not likely to be born into families with less wealth, education and income, in poor neighborhoods where high-quality schools are difficult to find, crime is high and other amenities unavailable. |
| Education | Hispanic students lag almost two grade levels, and black students lag roughly two to two-and-a-half grade levels behind whites |
| HOPE VI Program | 1992, $5B program to replace distressed public housing projects occupied exclusively by poor families with redesigned mixed income housing and housing vouchers. |
| Historical Policies from Federal Housing Program for Segregation and Racism | 1. 1935 New Deal, 1st civilian public housing program to create segregated public housing, 2. subsidize dev of suburbs w FHA mortgage w condition they were sold to white families (ex Levittown, NY), 3. African Am areas rezoned to industrial and toxic uses |
| Laws to Eliminate Discrimination | 1. Brown v Board of Education, 1954: desegregating schools, 2. Fair Housing Act in 1968 passed to prevent discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin" in the sale or rental of housing, financing of housing. |
| Gender | Race has been recognized by planners as an important, gender has often been ignored. Female full-time, year-round workers made 80.5 cents for every $1 earned by men, a gender wage gap of 20 percent |
| Gender and Zoning | Zoning prohibits home based businesses and daycares in residential areas of town. Should they be changed? |
| Social Justice | Equal access to wealth, opp and privileges within a society. Ppl realizing potential in the place they live. ex if affordable housing is located in area w poor transp access and few jobs, ppl will struggle to find job |
| Seattle Race and Social Justice Intitiative | Created toolkit designed to assist departments to analyze the racial equity impact of policies, programs, initiatives and budget issues |
| CDC Reports for Elderly and Minority | Elderly and minority pop are at a greater risk of being killed by a car while walking. Fatality rates for black and Hispanic men are about 2x of white men bc minority HH are more likely to be without a vehicle. |
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