State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) Target Areas by Census Tract
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 10 Jun 2019Listing of SONYMA target areas by US Census Bureau Census Tract or Block Numbering Area (BNA). The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) targets specific areas designated as ‘areas of chronic economic distress’ for its homeownership lending programs. Each state designates ‘areas of chronic economic distress’ with the approval of the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SONYMA identifies its target areas using US Census Bureau census tracts and block numbering areas. Both census tracts and block numbering areas subdivide individual counties. SONYMA also relates each of its single-family mortgages to a specific census tract or block numbering area. New York State identifies ‘areas of chronic economic distress’ using census tract numbers. 26 US Code § 143 (current through Pub. L. 114-38) defines the criteria that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development uses in approving designations of ‘areas of chronic economic distress’ as: i) the condition of the housing stock, including the age of the housing and the number of abandoned and substandard residential units, (ii) the need of area residents for owner-financing under this section, as indicated by low per capita income, a high percentage of families in poverty, a high number of welfare recipients, and high unemployment rates, (iii) the potential for use of owner-financing under this section to improve housing conditions in the area, and (iv) the existence of a housing assistance plan which provides a displacement program and a public improvements and services program. The US Census Bureau’s decennial census last took place in 2010 and will take place again in 2020. While the state designates ‘areas of chronic economic distress,’ the US Department of Housing and Urban Development must approve the designation. The designation takes place after the decennial census.
This dataset has the following 6 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
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County | county | text | The name of the New York State county in which the target block is located. | Kings Bronx New York Queens Erie view top 100 |
FIPS | fips | number | The 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the county; all counties in New York start with '36'. | 36047 36005 36061 36081 36029 view top 100 |
Block Group GEOID10 | bggeoid10 | number | Geographic identifier for the block group; based on 2010 Census. | 360010001002 360010002001 360010002002 360010002003 360010002004 view top 100 |
Latitude | latitude | number | The Block Group GEOID10 latitude in decimal degrees; based on 2010 U.S. Census. | 40.831337 40.688554 40.5723581 40.5739257 40.5739312 view top 100 |
Longitude | longitude | number | The Block Group GEOID10 longitude in decimal degrees; based on the 2010 U.S. Census. | -79.3522074 -79.343916 -79.3419906 -79.3418354 -79.339692 view top 100 |
Location 1 | location_1 | location | The representative latitude/longitude location coordinates for the entire block group; based on 2010 U.S. Census. | view top 100 |