pf08-014 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Comprchcnsi��c N�i��hbourh�,c��i Stu�iic�: ('ha�.icicrii_inz Dcrlinc 2. Rehabilitation Areas: areas where decline is having a spill-over effect to the extent that it is beginning to impact the overall stability of the neighbourhood. 3. Conservation Areas: neighbourhoods, which are physically and socially stable but are showing initial signs of decline. 4. Emerging Areas: areas in which new development is being considered. 5. Housing Improvement Zones: areas that fall under the Major Improvement Area or Rehabilitation Area. In early 2000, the City sought to develop a more comprehensive statistical model to aid in neighbourhood designation and established a working group to determine what indicators would be used to designate areas (City of Winnipeg 2000b). This group consisted of representatives from the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, the University of Winnipeg's Institute of Urban Studies and the Department of Economics. In addition, representatives from the City of Winnipeg included the Winnipeg Police Service, Corporate Services, Property Assessment, Planning, Property and Development Services, and the Community Services Department. The group identified four indicator categories: Housing, Crime and Safety, Economic Conditions, and Social Health and Well Being. Drawing on information from the Community Indicators Handbook, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Quality of Life Indicators for the City of Winnipeg, the 1978 Winnipeg Characterisation Study, the 1998 Minnesota Milestones, and Planning for Social Equity in Winnipeg, the group identifies 30 potential indicators. Based on relevance to the Winnipeg Housing Policy, availability of neighbourhood level data, and data sustainability, the group narrowed the list to 15 indicators. These 15 indicators were further divided into two groups: primary indicators, and secondary supporting indicators (Table 9). A statistical methodology was used to measure the conelation of each indicator against the Housing Condition Indicator. Those with the highest correlation became the primary indicators. Table 9. Neighbourhood Designation Indicatots Primary Indicators Supporting Indicators ■ Housing Condition ■ Piacarded Dwellings • Percentage of Re�tal Dwellings ■ Maintenance and Occupancy Orders • Crime ■ Demolitions ■ L.I.C.O. ■ Rooming Houses • Unemployment ■ Average Household Income Labour Force • Median selling Price PaRicipation Rate ■ Average Effective Age of a Dwelling ' Population The seven primary indicators became the basis for the Housing Policy Neighbourhood Designation Index (HPNDI): HPNDI = aM + bH + cL + dR + eA + fC + gU, where � -�. 37