{"id":986,"date":"2016-10-17T13:36:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=986"},"modified":"2016-10-17T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:38","slug":"week-3-funds-relating-to-housing-and-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/10\/17\/week-3-funds-relating-to-housing-and-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: Funds Relating to Housing and Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, I will be examining the dataset titled Funds Relating to Housing and Homelessness<\/a>. The dataset consists of all the funds in the Balance of City Funds that relate to housing and\/or homelessness. It provides us with various kinds of information associated with each fund, such as the name, cash amount, source, associated department and contact person. An individual record in this dataset consists of one fund, with other\u00a0informational categories attached.<\/p>\n

The ontology of this dataset, defined by Wallack and Srinivasan as a system of categories and their interrelations by which groups order and manage information about the people, places, things and events around them, is one rooted in an\u00a0administrative viewpoint of the various funds listed in the dataset. This is evident through the kinds of information that are being collected: information such as the purpose, cash amounts, and whether the fund is within budget will best help administrators to determine how they should allocate funds in the future. These could be current or future administrators, or they could be officials in other cities looking to implement similar programs. Such information could be helpful in planning for similar funds.<\/p>\n

This dataset provides me with top-down\u00a0understanding of the various funds within the city budget that are targeted at housing and\/or homelessness. I can see what issues these funds are aimed at, which department is planning it and who is providing the funding for it.\u00a0For instance, the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development provides funding for 12 of the 39 funds listed in the data set. I can also see that most of the funds fall under the Housing and Community Investment Department for LA City. I am also able to see, through the purpose field, which funds are specifically targeted to alleviate\u00a0homelessness.<\/p>\n

However, one pressing thing left out from this data is the impact that these funds have had on communities, as well as the success and failure stories in the execution of these funds. As some of them were instituted several years ago, it should be possible to discern some impact of this fund on the directly-surrounding community. Another way of looking at this, and another ontology, would be to focus on those who have benefited from these funds and how their lives have been impacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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