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An Analysis Of Effective Property Tax Rates In The City Of Omaha, Ralph H. Todd

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Concern over the nature and extent of local property tax rate variation is not uncommon. Yet published empirical evidence is practically nonexistent. This is especially so when intrajurisdictional comparisons are made. This study was undertaken to shed light on this issue as it relates to census tracts and housing markets in the City of Omaha.

The general conclusions of the study suggest : (1) there exists substantial inequality in the levying of property taxes between housing market areas, hereafter referred t o as HMA's, (2) there is a lack of uniformity in tax assessments, and (3) the property tax , …

Omaha Housing Marketing: An Appraisal Of The Occupancy Potential For Subsidized Rental Units, 1971-1973, Ralph H. Todd, David W. Hinton

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This study provides an analysis of market conditions for subsidized dwelling on its for a two year period from September 1971 to September 1973. It emerged because of the strong and prevailing belief that there exists today in the Omaha Housing Market Area (HMAl an urgent and unmet need for a large number of safe, decent dwelling units available at prices or rents that low and moderate income families can afford. The number of inadequate dwelling units (those lacking plumbing facilities or deteriorating or dilapidated), and the number of persons living below poverty level incomes are suggestive of the fact …

Cua Census Report Number 03: Indian Population In Douglas County, Carol Lunbeck

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In spite of the recent emphasis on minority group problems, there are still significant gaps in the store of knowledge about the American Indian in the urban setting. Omaha is not unique. Much empirical data can be found in the census figures, but it must be extracted and synthesized before it becomes meaningful. Even so, the picture of the urban Indian in Omaha is far from complete. If realistic solutions to the problems confronting urban Indians are to be found, a great deal more empirical research·should precede and accompany the development of programs. Programs which would attack the social inequities …

Report - Phase Ii, Ken White

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Where Phase I of the Corridor Selection Study concerned the delineation of neighborhood boundaries and establishment of cohesiveness levels, Phase I I emphasizes the impact of the highway on the neighborhoods. The following discussion is based on the assumption that the construction of a highway wiII have an impact on the surrounding neighborhoods, and that it is possible to measure and predict the nature and direction of the impact.

Changing Income Patterns Of The Omaha Metropolitan Area Black Populations, Ralph H. Todd

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This study investigates the changing income patterns of black families and unrelated individuals in the Omaha metropolitan area. 1 The study carried out at the Center for Applied Urban Research is based upon 1960 and 1970 census statistics and involves comparing the distribution of reported incomes for 1959 with those in 1969, making adjustments for inflation. The adjusting factor employed in this process is the Consumer Price Index for the Kansas City Region produced by the Bureau of Labor statistics.

Toward The Development Of An Information Service On Poverty Problems For Community Agencies And Groups In The Omaha Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, Robert Simpson

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This study can be viewed as a problem in applied social science. Ho\v can the resources of the University, in this case the Center for Urban Affairs of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, be mobilized to provide a social intelligence function for agencies and citizens groups working on community problems in the Omaha SMSA.

More specifically the objective is to expand and utilize the poverty-related content of the Center for Urban Affairs data bank in such manner as to aid local agencies and groups who are working on poverty-related problems. The assistance is to take the form of reports …