Racial Equity Analysis of Fresno and Madera ...

The VI-SPDAT assessment has been found to create racial inequities within housing prioritization assignments for unhoused communities. The Housing Equity project aimed to create a new equitable assessment that addresses earlier disparities, in part through conducting a racial equity analysis to examine racial trends present in housing prioritization assignments and BIPOC question response likelihood. Using Singles Participant data, the analysis revealed VI-SPDAT question phrasing may contribute to BIPOC’s deprioritization and describes equitable amendment solutions.