Housing is a basic human necessity, not only does it provide safety and comfort, it also increases a persons social and finical status while normalizing civic engagement. This brief will access the area of Metro Center in Nashville, Tennessee covering topics such as availability, affordability, gentrification, and homelessness, while providing policies that would benefit the area.
Availability
The area of Metro Center is largely inhabited by commercial businesses with major through traffic coming from a neighboring interstate, downtown Nashville, and two near by university. Because of the overwhelming commercial presence in Metro Center, the housing options are limited and traditional single-family homes are nonexistent. Four apartment duplexes …show more content…
According to the United States Census Bureau the median household income for Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 was 60,030 dollars, while the median price in housing in Metro Center is 167,400 dollars (Department of Numbers). For the apartment located in Metro Center the starting rent is around 1,000 dollars a month, and is well with in the price of the citizens who work at the law and health professional offices, but for the workers of the multiple fast food restaurants, hotels, and college students the rent prices are simply out of reach. Due to the high rent prices in the area the majority of worker and college students in the area would have to find housing outside of metro center adding to the through traffic that come to the area each day. The current housing market in is simply not divers and the majority of people who live in the area are professional living alone or with another adult and seldom any children. Mobility programs, “that encourage residents of very low-income neighborhoods to move to more economically integrated area, usually with some form of direct housing assistance like vouchers,” would allow people to work in the area without a commute or unsustainable housing cost (Cortright). Mobility programs would add to the sustainability of Metro Center by not only reduce the poverty rate, but also provide poor children with a greater economical advantage that they would not normally be exposed
Availability
The area of Metro Center is largely inhabited by commercial businesses with major through traffic coming from a neighboring interstate, downtown Nashville, and two near by university. Because of the overwhelming commercial presence in Metro Center, the housing options are limited and traditional single-family homes are nonexistent. Four apartment duplexes …show more content…
According to the United States Census Bureau the median household income for Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 was 60,030 dollars, while the median price in housing in Metro Center is 167,400 dollars (Department of Numbers). For the apartment located in Metro Center the starting rent is around 1,000 dollars a month, and is well with in the price of the citizens who work at the law and health professional offices, but for the workers of the multiple fast food restaurants, hotels, and college students the rent prices are simply out of reach. Due to the high rent prices in the area the majority of worker and college students in the area would have to find housing outside of metro center adding to the through traffic that come to the area each day. The current housing market in is simply not divers and the majority of people who live in the area are professional living alone or with another adult and seldom any children. Mobility programs, “that encourage residents of very low-income neighborhoods to move to more economically integrated area, usually with some form of direct housing assistance like vouchers,” would allow people to work in the area without a commute or unsustainable housing cost (Cortright). Mobility programs would add to the sustainability of Metro Center by not only reduce the poverty rate, but also provide poor children with a greater economical advantage that they would not normally be exposed