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KnowledgePlex® Community Data System Fannie Mae Foundation

KnowledgePlex® Community Data System Fannie Mae Foundation. Presentation Overview. What is KnowledgePlex? Community Data System Need Objectives Content Overview Data Sets and Data Display Options Content to Support Data Use Project Status. What is KnowledgePlex ® ?.

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KnowledgePlex® Community Data System Fannie Mae Foundation

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  1. KnowledgePlex® Community Data SystemFannie Mae Foundation

  2. Presentation Overview • What is KnowledgePlex? • Community Data System • Need • Objectives • Content Overview • Data Sets and Data Display Options • Content to Support Data Use • Project Status

  3. What is KnowledgePlex®? • Web portal for news, discussions, events, research, best practices, and other resources on affordable housing and community development • Created by a team of founding partners and implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation • Audiences include practitioners, policy makers, grantors, and scholars • www.knowledgeplex.org

  4. Need for a Community Data SystemQuotes from KnowledgePlex User Discovery Research Legislative Assistant: “News, economic indicators, and other information to…gauge the state of housing across the nation.” CDC Executive Director: “Neighborhood data and effective methods for evaluating, collecting, and analyzing it….” CDC Program Officer: “Data, statistics, and other information…to develop a clear picture of the affordable housing and community development universe….” Research Director: “An annotated data set and statistics directory…”

  5. Community Data System Objectives • Meet needs of diverse users by providing access to data in multiple forms • Provide aids to assist users in interpreting and analyzing data • Integrate data and other KnowledgePlex content • Create a nationwide system that can be integrated with local community statistical systems

  6. Overview of Content and Functions • Housing, social, economic data geographic scales from neighborhood to nation • Dynamic interfaces produce maps, charts, tables, statistical profiles • Aids to facilitate data use metadata, analytic guidebooks, illustrative analyses • Other resources • housing data books, housing market reports • directory of housing data resources on the Web

  7. Data Sets • For version 1.0: • 1990 and 2000 Census • 2000 CHAS • 1997-2003 HMDA • 2004 Section 8 Expiring Use • Follow with additional small-area files for future releases • Incorporate selected indicators from two dozen additional sources for larger geographic areas (counties, metros, states)

  8. Homeownership Rates in Reno, NV Show Profile Related Links Analysis report: National trends in urban homeownership

  9. Housing Profile: Reno, NV

  10. Homeownership Rate Chart

  11. Metadata Principles • Metadata must address: -Different audiences - Integration with interface - Support for data sharing

  12. User Guides & Analytic Briefs • Topic ideas drawn from user networks & feedback • Initial guide topics: • Using HMDA • Resources for local community statistical systems • Analysis series • “Fact-sheets” – one page with text and graphics • Longer analytic briefs • Will be presented in more than one format • Traditional reports, case studies

  13. Project Status and Schedule • Several nationwide data sets acquired and indicators and metadata prepared • Statistical profiles, user guides, and Web data directory under development • Version 1.0 released end of 2004 • Periodic upgrades/additions to system and data over next 2 years based on user testing and feedback

  14. KnowledgePlex®Community Data SystemFannie Mae FoundationAdditional information:psimmons@fanniemaefoundation.org

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