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r <br />L <br />Tax policies and financing mechanisms favorer subsidize home ownership and encourage <br />stability in and commitment toactMnmunity. There are not similar policies for rental property. <br />A significant portion of the demand for low income housing is currently met by using older, <br />market-obsdete housing located in the central cities and inner ring suburbs. <br />Current public policy and market forces favor new structures and newr facilities over <br />redevelopment of existing structures and areas. <br />Public policy docs rKH currently provide incentives or resources to remove cr replace market- <br />obsolere housing. <br />Increasing the supply of low income hcxising alone will not solve the problems of poverty, <br />human service needs, and urban decay. <br />Dispersion of low income housing reduces the problem of concentration but also creates social <br />sen ice delivery p^lems. The creation of newly dispersed low income housing will only <br />reduce concentration if there is an equivalent elimination of deteriorated housing units in the <br />aieas of concentration. <br />Many resources necessary to serve low income people with special needs are concentrated in the <br />centnd cities. <br />The human and social service delivery systems are generally uncoordinated. <br />There are increasing demands on local governments to address human service needs not <br />currently being met. <br />Lack of job opportunities and training limit the resources available to low income residents to <br />increase their ^ility to be self-sufficient. <br />The most job grow th is occurring in new ly dev eloped areas in the suburbs. <br />Transportation systems do not link low income housing in the core cities with jobs in the <br />suburbs. <br />Populations in all communities within the metropolitan area.s will likely become more diverse. <br />Few suburban communities have mechanisms in place to address increasing diversity. <br />It is as important to look at programs that prevent decay in the inner ring suburbs as it is in the <br />core cities. <br />Organized and empowered neighborhoods have developed models for successfully addressing <br />elements of urban blight. <br />ANfM Urban Strategies Task Force - Discussion Draft Page 4