KnowledgePlex®
Community Data System
Fannie Mae Foundation
Presentation Overview
 What is KnowledgePlex?
 Community Data System
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Need
Objectives
Content Overview
Data Sets and Data Display Options
Content to Support Data Use
Project Status
What is KnowledgePlex®?
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Web portal for news, discussions, events,
research, best practices, and other resources on
affordable housing and community development
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Created by a team of founding partners and
implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation
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Audiences include practitioners, policy makers,
grantors, and scholars
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www.knowledgeplex.org
Need for a Community Data System
Quotes 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…”
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
Overview of Content and Functions
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Housing, social, economic data
geographic scales from neighborhood to nation
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Dynamic interfaces
produce maps, charts, tables, statistical profiles
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Aids to facilitate data use
metadata, analytic guidebooks, illustrative analyses
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Other resources
– housing data books, housing market reports
– directory of housing data resources on the Web
Data Sets
 For version 1.0:
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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)
Homeownership Rates in Reno, NV
Homeownership Rate, 2000
5 - 35
35 - 65
65 - 85
85 - 100
Show Profile
Related Links
Analysis report:
National trends in
urban homeownership
Housing Profile: Reno, NV
Housing Profile
Reno, NV, Tract 001500
Tract:
001500
County:
Washoe
State:
Nevada
United
States
Housing Conditions
Total housing units (000)
Homeowner Vacancy rate
Homeownership rate
1990
3
112
519
102,264
2000
3
144
827
115,905
1990
5
2
2
2
2000
5
3
3
2
1990
34
54
55
64
2000
37
59
61
66
1990
98
137
115
111
2000
145
209
173
159
Chart
Map
Chart
Map
Chart
Map
Chart
Map
Housing Values and Costs
Average value owner- occupied
homes (000)
Homeownership Rate Chart
70
60
1990
Percentage
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2000
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30
20
10
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Tract: 001500
County:
Washoe
State: Nevada
United States
Metadata Principles
 Metadata
must address:
- Different audiences
- Integration with interface
- Support for data sharing
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
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
KnowledgePlex®
Community Data System
Fannie Mae Foundation
Additional information:
psimmons@fanniemaefoundation.org