The Mismatch between Housing and Jobs
A 2011 Update and Discussion on Achieving Balance

The Mismatch between Housing and Jobs

Product No.: 11058
Date Published: 01/2012

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The overall goal of this report, initiated in FY 2010 for the Southeastern Pennsylvania counties and expanded in FY 2011 to include the region’s four Southern New Jersey counties, is to assess the region’s current housing stock, evaluate the balance between jobs and housing, identify potential alternatives for achieving a better regional jobs/housing balance, to promote socioeconomic balance and diversity throughout Greater Philadelphia. The report begins with an assessment of the region's housing stock, including an inventory of existing public and assisted housing. The study continues with a discussion of current federal and state housing-related programs, policies, and initiatives that are thought to have influenced residential development patterns. Several existing statewide, regional, county, and local alternatives for providing and maintaining affordable housing and achieving an appropriate regional jobs housing balance are reviewed and their potential applicability to the Greater Philadelphia region is discussed. The study concludes with a set of recommendations for addressing the region's mismatch between the location of affordable housing opportunities and jobs, including actions that could be taken by the federal and state governments, regional and county agencies, municipalities, and the development community.

Geographic Area Covered: DVRPC nine-county region, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey

Key Words: Regional housing assessment, public housing, publicly assisted housing, Housing Voucher Choice Program, jobs/housing balance, fair share housing, housing allocation, housing trust fund

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