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Greensboro to join innovative, national program to improve health in low-income neighborhoods
May 17, 2016
Greensboro named one of 50 Invest Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Dr. Stephen J. Sills, Director of the UNCG Center for Housing and Community Studies, 336.944.6145, [email protected] Greensboro named one of 50 Invest Health cities by Reinvestment Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Greensboro to join innovative, national program to improve health in … Continued
Identifying Opportunities: Geospatial Analysis as a tool for targeted redevelopment
April 19, 2016
Rachel Ryding, Research Assistant Vacant and abandoned properties are often indicative of economic distress and disinvestment in a neighborhood. Their existence presents a complex set of problems for the surrounding community, including increased crime rates, greater incidences of asthma, and decreased property values. Additionally, the presence of vacant spaces increases … Continued
Social Change and LGBTQ Housing Discrimination: Interpretations of the Impact of Obergefell v. Hodges on Local Fair Housing Ordinances
April 19, 2016
Joyce Clapp, CHCS Research Associate at the Southern Sociological Society Social change has proven rarely to be a neat and orderly process of evolution, especially as it concerns civil and human rights. This paper observes the recent changes and challenges of LGBTQ housing equality in the United States. According to … Continued
Market Segmentation & Targeted Revitalization
March 2, 2016
Core City area, High Point NC This project was developed to provide data for prioritizing redevelopment and revitalization for the Core City area of the City of High Point, and focused on three interrelated facets of housing in the Core City: the physical state of housing; the socio‐demographic condition of … Continued
Woodmere Park Neighborhood Assessments
March 1, 2016
The proposal for this project was developed by CHCS in response to a request by Community Housing Solutions. The project involved conducting a housing conditions survey and background study of Woodmere Park Neighborhood (census tract 127.05) in Greensboro NC for the purposes of providing data for prioritizing selection of properties … Continued
Market Segmentation Study
November 18, 2015
High Point NC Presentation available at: http://tinyurl.com/HPMarketSegmentation
Market Segmentation Study
October 15, 2015
City of High Point The Center for Housing and Community Studies is working with the City of High Point on a five-month study that will inform targeted redevelopment in the City Core. The primary focus of the Market Segmentation Study is the creation of a neighborhood condition index for High … Continued
Summary of Healthy Homes and Neighborhoods Literature
October 9, 2015
Healthy Homes & Neighborhoods A Review of Scholarly Literature The Center for Housing and Community Studies of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Conducted and Edited by Andrew Byrum and Lynn Cochran Summary provided by Rebecca Harrelson This literature review was conducted over a two-month period in early 2015, … Continued