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Vtext is Valdosta State University's institutional repository, providing open access to the scholarly, creative, and administrative works of the University community. It also houses digitized materials from the VSU Archives and Special Collections.
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Item Disproportionate Housing Opportunities: Study of HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program within the City of Amarillo, TX(Valdosta State University, 2026-05-22)This study examined the alignment between neighborhood opportunity conditions, localized rental market pricing, and Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) payment standards in Amarillo, Texas. Using the Neighborhood Opportunity Attribution Framework (NOAF) developed for this study to establish tract–Multiple Listing Service (MLS) spatial units, the research assessed whether metropolitan Fair Market Rents (FMRs) supported the availability of rental housing within voucher limits in a high opportunity neighborhood and evaluated Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) exception payment standard scenarios to determine whether alternative payment thresholds could expand that availability. Three research questions guided the analysis: identification of tract-MLS areas using the NOAF to verify residential containment; comparison of metropolitan FMR payment standards with prevailing two-bedroom rents in the verified high-opportunity tract; and modeling SAFMR exception payment standard scenarios to determine the thresholds at which rental units became financially reachable within voucher limits. Among four fully contained tract-MLS areas with HCVP households, only one, Puckett in Randall County, met all high-opportunity criteria. Multifamily rents aligned with FMR payment standards, whereas single-family rents exceeded metropolitan FMR thresholds. Scenario modeling indicated that single-family rental availability within voucher limits emerged near 130% of SAFMR, with broader alignment near 140%. These findings demonstrate how payment standard misalignment can produce disproportionate housing opportunities within the same metropolitan voucher program when rents for certain structure types exceed voucher limits, limiting the availability of those units in high-opportunity neighborhoods.Item Hahira Gold Leaf, January 27, 1972(Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1972-01-27)Digital surrogate of the Hahira Gold Leaf newspaper for January 27, 1972 from the Hahira Historical Society Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Item Hahira Gold Leaf, January 20, 1972(Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1972-01-20)Digital surrogate of the Hahira Gold Leaf newspaper for January 20, 1972 from the Hahira Historical Society Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Item Hahira Gold Leaf, January 13, 1972(Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1972-01-13)Digital surrogate of The Hahira Gold Lead (vol. 57, no. 52), January 13, 1972 from the Hahira Historical Society Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Item Hahira Gold Leaf, January 6, 1972(Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1972-01-06)Digital surrogate of the Hahira Gold Leaf (vol. 57, no. 52) for January 6, 1972 from the Hahira Historical Society Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.