Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Arlington Fair Housing Action Plan

Affordability
• The median rental housing unit in Arlington is generally affordable to existing Arlington households
regardless of race. However, Arlington’s median rent is not affordable to the median Black or Latino
households within the comparison region, while it is affordable to the median White and Asian households
within the region. The typical Black and Latino households in the comparison region would need
approximately $600 in additional monthly income to afford the typical Arlington rental. These
populations may have greater difficulty moving into Arlington than White households from the same
communities.
• It would be difficult for the typical Arlington household to purchase a home in Arlington today, regardless
of protected class status. A household earning Arlington’s median income of $103,594 could afford to
purchase a home costing about $475,000, assuming good credit, minimal existing debt, and a down
payment of 20%, about $100,000 less than the median home value in 2017 ($577,600).

Access to Opportunity
• For the purposes of this analysis, access to opportunity is evaluated in four categories: Graduation Rates,
Health Outcomes, Economic Mobility, and Transit Access. Arlington generally falls in the middle of the
context communities in terms of overall opportunity. Regional patterns of segregation are precluding
persons of color from accessing housing in higher-opportunity areas.
• Arlington’s residents of color have higher levels of opportunity than many people of color residing in the
comparison region. However, the town’s low share of people of color means that the relative opportunity
afforded by residence in Arlington does not benefit a proportionate share of people of color.