Atlanta Housing - Georgia Institute of Technology

A similar pattern was recorded for all AHA householders who were in the target
population. Specifically, 52.1% were employed in 2004 and that percentage
reach 63.6% in 2007. However, by 2010, the percentage had decreased to
55.6%.
In 2010 the 4,055 HOHs in the target population who were employed worked on
average 32 hours per week. The hours worked per week decreased slightly between
2007 and 2010, from 34 hours to 32 hours.
A Generalized Estimation Equation was used to examine the factors that
influenced employment. The model included observations on all heads of
households who were in the target population between 2004 and 2010 (33,051
householders). Repeated observations were taken on the same household and
as such the modeling procedure controlled for selectivity effects. The results
were as follows:
The work compliance policy increased the odds of a householder working by
17%.
However, living in a mixed-income development as opposed to a LIPH raised
the odds of being employed by 400%. Likewise, using a housing choice
voucher as opposed to living in a LIPH raised the odds of employment by
76%.
Women were 1.7 times more likely to be employed than were men.
Receiving public assistance lowered the odds of working by 87%.
As individuals aged, their odds of working lowered, i.e. by 3% each year.
Every additional bedroom that a family required raised the odds of the
householder working by 7%.
Median household income of families affected by Grady revitalization increased
from $7,080 in 2004 to $9,186 in 2010, or by 28%. Over the same timeframe,
Atlanta Area Median Income increased by only 13.1%. Nevertheless, the average
AHA householder was still extremely poor in 2010. Over one half had household
incomes that were less than or equal to only 12.7% of the AMI in Atlanta, which
was $71,800 in 2010.
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