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Continuum of Care(CoQ: a HUD program designed to promote commitment to the goal of <br />ending homelessness. The program provides funding to nonprofits and state and local <br />governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families, promote access to and <br />effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals, and optimize self- <br />sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness. <br />Data and Mapping Tool (AFFHT): an online HUD resource that combines Census data and <br />American Community Surveys data to generate maps and tables evaluating the demographics <br />of an area for a variety of categories, including race, national origin, disability, Limited English <br />Proficiency, housing problems, environmental health, and school proficiency, etc. <br />De Facto Segregation: segregation that is not created by the law, but which forms a pattern <br />as a result of various outside factors, including former laws. <br />De Jure Segregation: segregation that is created and enforced by the law. Segregation is <br />currently illegal. <br />Density Bonus: an incentive for developers that allows developers to increase the maximum <br />amount of units allowed at a building site in exchange for either affordable housing funds or <br />making a certain percentage of the units affordable. <br />Disparate Impact: practices in housing that negatively affect one group of people with a <br />protected characteristic (such as race, sex, or disability, etc.) more than other people without <br />that characteristic, even though the rules applied by landlords do not single out that group. <br />Dissimilarity Index: measures the percentage of a certain group's population that would have <br />to move to a different census tract in order to be evenly distributed with a city or metropolitan <br />area in relation to another group. The higher the Dissimilarity Index, the higher the level of <br />segregation. For example, if a city's Black/White Dissimilarity Index was 65, then 65% of <br />Black residents would need to move to another neighborhood in order for Blacks and Whites <br />to be evenly distributed across all neighborhoods in the city. <br />ESG: Emergency Solutions Grant. Funding provided by HUD to 1) engage homeless <br />individuals and families living on the street, 2) improve the number and quality of emergency <br />shelters for homeless individuals and families, 3) help operate these shelters, 4) provide <br />essential services to shelter residents, 5) rapidly re -house homeless individuals and families, <br />and 6) prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless <br />Entitlement Jurisdiction: a local government that receives funds from HUD to be spent on <br />housing and community development. See also: HUD Grantee <br />Environmental Health Index: a HUD calculation based on potential exposure to harmful <br />toxins at a neighborhood level. This includes air quality carcinogenic, respiratory, and <br />neurological hazards. The higher the number, the less exposure to toxins harmful to human <br />health. <br />Environmental Justice: the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, <br />especially minorities, in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental <br />299 <br />75A-578 <br />