The current study uses a combination of quantitative and spatial analysis
to examine the impact of affordable housing administered by the Texas
Department of Housing Affairs on the neighborhood crime rate, in Dallas, Texas.
Pre and post construction period analysis, for duration of five years from 2000 to
2004 provided an in-depth view on the direct impact of affordable housing at the
neighborhood level. The crime rates were measured alongside with the sociodemographic
characteristics of the area to see any association between the two.
The findings suggest that the affordable housing were mostly located in areas with
higher concentration of minority population and low median household income.
The results of this study showed negligible increase in crime rates but a through
analysis could provide an in-depth analysis of the issue. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22561 |
| Date | 05 December 2013 |
| Creators | Srivastava, Pragati |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works., Restricted |
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