Because the rents in HOME-assisted units are unrelated to individual household income, but are based instead on affordable rents for households earning 50 or 65 percent of area median income adjusted for family size, residents can have high rent burdens even if their unit is in compliance with rent standards. The final report from this study is expected in February, 2001. In addition, the 1997 study produced a guidebook to assist PHAs and PDs in establishing mapping partnerships. The working life of the partnership will be six months. GIS-based analyses of crime patterns will be generated on a regular basis, thus allowing PHA and PD managers the opportunity for an ongoing evaluation their joint crime prevention activity.
Joint planning has the potential of leveraging crime control resources.
The project will have a duration of 70 weeks. In buildings without elevators all of the ground floor units are covered. Along with other provisions of the Act, the accessibility requirements are designed to give persons with disabilities greater freedom to choose the neighborhoods in which they wish to live. The study has as its central feature a nation-wide survey of a random sample of approximately 386 multifamily developments, containing almost 1000 buildings. The sample represents the approximately 130,000 newly constructed multifamily buildings subject to the Act.