Columbus and Franklin County Consolidated Plan 2010-2014
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Columbus and Franklin County Consolidated Plan 2010-2014 October 2009 Hiring Projections Page RESEARCH AND REPORT PREPARATION: Community Research Partners Roberta F. Garber, Executive Director Jung Kim, Director of Community Data Services David Norris, Community Data Manager Eben Dowell, Senior Research Associate Alicia Jackson, Research Associate Consultant to CRP: RAMA Consulting Group City of Columbus Franklin County Michael B. Coleman, Mayor Commissioner Paula Brooks, President Commissioner Marilyn Brown Department of Development Commissioner John O’Grady Boyce Safford, III Director Nichole Brandon, Deputy Director Department of Economic Development and Rita R. Parise, Housing Administrator Planning Kim Stands, Assistant Housing Administrator James Schimmer, Director Rollin Seward, Assistant Director Department of Finance and Management Mark Paxson, Senior Program Coordinator Paul R. Rakosky, Director Ben Weiner, Planner Philip Carter, Grants Coordinator Columbus City Council Michael C. Mentel, President Hearcel F. Craig Andrew J. Ginther A. Troy Miller Eileen Y. Paley Charleta B. Tavares Priscilla R. Tyson Introduction 1 1. Community Profile 3 Population Overview 1.01 Population growth 4 1.02 Racial and ethnicity 7 1.03 Residential patterns 9 1.04 Age groups 12 1.05 Household characteristics 13 1.06 Education 14 1.07 Employment 18 1.08 Income 21 1.09 Emergency needs and public assistance 23 1.10 Health care access and coverage 24 1.11 Infant, maternal, and child health 25 1.12 Weight and behavioral health 26 1.13 Disease and mortality 27 1.14 Disability and long-term care 28 1.15 Safety and justice 28 Transportation and Development 1.16 Private transportation 30 1.17 Public transportation 31 1.18 Development patterns 32 2. Housing Profile 33 2.01 Housing stock 33 2.02 Housing condition and safety 34 2.03 Vacant properties 35 2.04 Foreclosure 36 2.05 Owner housing inventory and market 37 2.06 Renter housing inventory and market 39 2.07 Subsidized rental housing 42 3. Facilities and Services for Persons with Special Needs 45 Facilities and Services for Persons who are Homeless 3.01 Homelessness prevention 45 3.02 Emergency shelter 45 3.03 Shelter for single adults 47 3.04 Shelter for families with children 47 3.05 Transition Program 48 3.06 Transitional and permanent housing 48 Facilities and Services for Persons who are Homeless Subpopulations 3.07 Outreach to homeless persons with substance abuse and/or mental illness 50 3.08 Serious mental illness 50 3.09 Chronic substance abuse 50 3.10 Dually-diagnosed 51 3.11 HIV / AIDS 51 3.12 Veterans 52 3.13 Victims of domestic violence 52 3.14 Youth 52 3.15 Medically fragile 53 3.16 Unsheltered homeless 53 Facilities and Services for Non-Homeless Persons with Special Needs 3.17 Persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse problems 53 3.18 Persons with mental retardation / development disabilities 54 3.19 Persons with AIDS 55 3.20 Elderly and physically disabled persons 55 3.21 Persons returning to the community from institutions and correctional facilities 55 4. Housing Needs 57 4.01 Housing needs of owners 57 4.02 Housing needs of renters 58 4.03 Public and assisted housing needs 60 4.04 Nature and extent of homelessness 61 4.05 Needs of persons threatened with homelessness 63 4.06 Non-homeless populations with special needs 64 4.07 Five-year projections 68 5. Neighborhood Profiles 69 City of Columbus Liaison Areas 5.01 City of Columbus Liaison Area profiles 70 5.02 City of Columbus low-income and minority population concentrations 76 6. Barriers to Affordable Housing and Fair Housing 79 Overarching Themes 6.01 Housing market conditions 79 6.02 Education and outreach 80 6.03 Immigrant issues 80 Summary of Impediments to Affordable Housing 6.04 Barriers for housing providers 81 6.05 Barriers for housing consumers 83 7. Citizen Participation Plan 85 Combined City-County Citizen Participation 7.01 Stakeholder focus groups 85 7.02 Stakeholder focus group themes 86 City-only Citizen Participation 7.03 City staff focus groups 88 7.04 Columbus community needs survey 88 7.05 Columbus public comment period 89 8. Five-Year Strategic Plan 91 Overview 8.01 Guiding principles 91 City of Columbus Strategic Plan 8.02 Background 91 8.03 Strategic Plan required elements 93 8.04 Priorities for investment 93 8.05 Homeless strategy 103 8.06 Anti-poverty strategy 104 8.07 Public housing strategy 104 8.08 Strategies for lead-based paint hazard reduction 106 9. Institutional Structure, Coordination, and Resources 113 Public Sector 9.01 City of Columbus 113 9.02 Franklin County 113 9.03 Other units of local government 114 9.04 Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority 115 9.05 Educational institutions 115 Non-Profit Sector 9.06 Non-profit developers 116 9.07 Providers of supportive and social services 117 9.08 Neighborhood and community associations 117 9.09 Non-profit funders 118 Private Sector 9.10 Lenders 119 9.11 Affordable housing builders, developers, and managers 119 9.12 Business and economic development organizations 120 9.13 Private funders 121 Other Institutional Structure Components 9.14 Health care providers 121 Gaps in the Institutional Structure 9.15 Overall gaps 122 9.16 Public sector gaps 123 9.17 Non-profit sector gaps 123 9.18 Private sector gaps 123 Coordination 9.19 Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination 124 9.20 Other coordination activities 124 9.21 Coordination strategies in the strategic plan 127 Resources 9.22 Inventory of resources 127 9.23 Strategies related to resources 127 9.24 Stimulus funds 128 9.25 State budget cuts 129 9.26 Inventory methodology, definitions, and notes 130 Appendices A. Estimated Housing Needs 135 B. HUD Tables 1C and 2C 137 C. Focus Group Participants and Questions 143 C.01 Focus group participants 143 C.02 Focus group questions 145 Tables, Figures, and Maps by Section 1. Community Profile 3 Tables 1-1 Components of population change, 2000-2008 4 1-2 Population trends, 2000-2008 5 1-3 Population projections by sex for Franklin County, 2010-2030 5 1-4 Population trends by jurisdiction, 2000-2008 6 1-5 Racial and ethnic composition, 2008 7 1-6 Racial and ethnic population change, 2000-2008 7 1-7 Racial and ethnic composition of elementary school student population of Columbus City Schools, 1969-2008 8 1-8 Distribution of minority race and Hispanic students among public school districts, school year 2007-08 11 1-9 Age distribution, 2008 12 1-10 Population projections by age group for Franklin County, 2010-2030 13 1-11 Households and families, 2008 13 1-12 Population in households, families, and group quarters, 2008 13 1-13 Household types by householder race/ethnicity, Franklin County, 2007 14 1-14 Public and private school enrollment by grade level, school year 2007-08 14 1-15 Percent of Franklin County students proficient on achievement tests of reading and mathematics by race/ethnicity, school year 2007-08 15 1.16 High school graduation rates by race/ethnicity, school year 2006-07 16 1.17 School district rating for school year 2008-09 16 1.18 Four-year colleges and universities in Franklin County or Columbus, spring 2008 17 1-19 Three-year graduation and persistence outcomes for Franklin County high school graduates enrolling in a 2-year Ohio public college in fall 2005 17 1-20 Six-year graduation and persistence outcomes for Franklin County high school graduates enrolling in a 4-year Ohio public college in fall 2002 17 1-21 Highest educational attainment for adults, 2008 18 1-22 Establishments and employment by industry sector, Franklin County, 2008 19 1-23 Central Ohio’s largest employers, 2008 19 1-24 Employment and wages by occupation group, Columbus MSA, May 2008 20 1-25 Annual average unemployment rate (unadjusted), 1994-July 2009 21 1.26 Civilian labor force and unemployed persons, Franklin County, July 2008-July 2009 21 1.27 Household income levels, 2007 22 1.28 Median household income by race/ethnicity, Franklin County, 1999-2007 22 1-29 Poverty rate for individuals by race and ethnicity, 2007 23 1-30 Poverty rate by household type, 2007 23 1-31 Beneficiaries of selected assistance programs, Franklin County, 2008 24 1-32 Reported barriers to health care access by age, Franklin County, 2008 25 1-33 Reported lack of health care coverage by age, Franklin County, 2008 25 1-34 Selection of maternal and child health indicators, 2007 25 1-35 Weight status of Columbus City Schools students by grade, school year 2007-08 26 1.36 Selected diseases and disorders diagnosed for Franklin County adults, 2008 27 1.37 Leading causes of death, Franklin County, 2007 27 1.38 Violent crimes in Columbus Police jurisdiction, 2000-2008 28 1-39 Property crimes in Columbus Police jurisdiction, 2000-2008 29 1-40 Workers by number of vehicles available to household, 2007 30 1-41 Workers by primary means of transportation to work, 2007 30 1-42 Number of square miles annexed by city of Columbus, 2003-2007 32 1-43 Residential building permits issued, City of Columbus, 2000-2008 32 Figures 1-1 Age by race/ethnicity population pyramid, 2008 12 Maps 1-1 Municipal jurisdictions in Franklin County 3 1-2 Larger municipal jurisdictions in Franklin County 5 1-3 Black/African American population, 2008 9 1-4 Asian population, 2008 10 1-5 Hispanic/Latino population, 2008 10 2. Housing Profile 33 Tables 2-1 Housing units, 2000-2008 33 2-2 Residential parcels, 2008 33 2-3 Housing units by units in structure, Franklin County, 2007 34 2-4 Housing units by year built, Franklin County, 2007 34 2-5 Vacant residential properties by condition, 2008 36 2-6 Foreclosure filings