PolicyMap at NNPHI
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PolicyMap is an online data and mapping platform with over 15,000 geographic indicators sourced from public, proprietary, and user-uploaded data, updated by data analysts at TRF. It serves various stakeholders, including financial institutions, federal agencies, local governments, and community organizations, providing tools for market analysis, investment, and grant applications. The platform aims to be a resource for understanding geographic areas and identifying potential collaboration opportunities.
PolicyMap at NNPHI
- 1. May 2013
- 2. Online Data and Mapping Platform • Contains over 15,000 geographic indicators • Sources are both public and proprietary as well user uploads • Continually updated by a team of data analysts at TRF • Made available through the online tool www.policymap.com; through a Data API and through “widgets” 2
- 3. Data Demographics • Education • Incomes • Unemployment Rates • Jobs • Wages • Political Boundaries • Crime • School Districts • School Performance • Vacancy • Home Sales • Housing Burdens • Mortgages • Housing Investments • Tax Returns • Transit Access • Food Access • Obesity • Uninsured Populations • Government Designations • www.policymap.com/our-data.html 3
- 4. Data 4 Data is: • Public - Census, ACS, FBI, IRS, HMDA, BLS, CDC, USDA, HUD… • Proprietary- home sale, school performance and transit data • Secure – data loaded by users (generally organizational or local data) • Available for the nation at smallest geography possible, preferably block group or census tract or address.
- 5. PolicyMap • We built PolicyMap first as a tool to help TRF and its own clients better understand their own markets. • We opened it up to the public and created a self- sustaining business model for the online tool that allows users to access part of what is available for free and additional data/tools with a subscription. 5
- 6. Who Uses PolicyMap? • Financial institutions (CDFIs and Banks) • Federal agencies such as the Federal Reserve, HUD and the EDA • State Housing Finance Agencies • Local governments – particularly housing agencies • Community development organizations (and the foundations that support them) • Real estate industry • Universities/students • Consultants 6
- 7. Why do they use PolicyMap? • Visualize where they have made investments or loans or grants; understand what those markets look like and how they are changing. • Strategically think about where they need to make investments in the future based on market conditions, need or government program requirements. • Obtain data for reporting or grant application requirements. • General neighborhood research. 7
- 8. Why Relevant for Today’s Discussion? • PolicyMap could be an additional data resource for showing other potential partners/resources in a geographic area: Government designations like CRA or NMTC eligibility could mean partnerships with financial institutions; Government designations like CDBG eligible tracts or high NSP3 scores could mean available local government dollars for housing; Health resources such as retail based health clinics; Neighborhood anchors such as schools, libraries, non- profit organizations. 8
- 9. National 9
- 11. Hospitals 11
- 13. New Market Tax Credit Eligibility 13
- 17. And Health Centers, Schools and Libraries17
- 18. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 18
- 19. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 19
- 20. 1 Mile Radius around 20
- 21. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 21
- 22. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 22
- 23. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 23
- 24. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 24
- 25. 1 Mile Radius Around Hospital 25
- 26. CDBG Eligible and High NSP 26