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The transition strategy presented in this report describes a set of coordinated interventions necessary to create sustainable housing in the Uptown District. The current state of housing in the District is not sustainable for housing options and affordability. There is a clear need for effective interventions to achieve a sustainable state of housing.

The southwestern United States and Sonora, Mexico are the extreme northern limits of the jaguar’s (Panthera onca) range, which primarily extends from central Mexico south through Central and South America to northern Argentina. Recently, the jaguar ranged as far north as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Over the last century, the jaguar’s range has been reduced to approximately 46% of its historic range due to hunting pressure and habitat loss. The greatest loss of occupied range has occurred in the southern United States, northern Mexico, northern Brazil, and southern Argentina. Since 1900, jaguars have been documented occasionally in the southwestern United States, but the number of sightings per decade has declined over the last 100 years with only 4 verified sightings between 1970 and 2000. The objectives of our analysis were twofold: (1) characterize potential jaguar habitat in Arizona from historic sighting records, and (2) create a statewide habitat suitability map.

Executive summary -- Correspondence to scope of work -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Housing challenges in the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 1.2. Profile of the "Reinvent Phoenix" grant -- 1.3. Sustainable housing research -- 1.4. Objectives of the strategy study -- Chapter 2. Research design and data sources -- Chapter 3. Strategy inputs (current state assessment, vision, theory of change) -- 3.1. Current state of housing in the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 3.2. Vision for sustainable housing in the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 3.3. Theory of change -- Chapter 4.Sustainable housing strategy for the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 4.1. Linking sustainable housing goals to interventions and investment options -- 4.2. New construction intervention -- 4.2.1. Core components -- 4.2.2. Details on investment options for new construction -- 4.3. Rehabilitation and revitalization intervention -- 4.3.1. Core components -- 4.3.2. Details on investment options for rehabilitation and revitalization -- 4.4. Adaptive reuse intervention -- 4.5. Details on implementation tools -- 4.6. Synthesis−action plan for sustainable housing in Eastlake-Garfield -- 4.6.1. New construction intervention action plan -- 4.6.2. Rehabilitation and revitalization intervention action plan -- 4.6.3. Adaptive reuse intervention action plan -- Chapter 5 -- Causal problem maps of green systems -- 5.1. Critical role of steering committee, city council, city departments, local experts -- 5.2. Testing strategy, interventions, investments -- 5.3. Coordination across strategies -- 5.4. Anticipating the next set of interventions, investments, and implementation tools -- 5.5. Crafting the next 5-year plan -- References and appendix||The transition strategy presented in this report describes a set of interventions necessary to create sustainable housing in the Eastlake-Garfield District of Phoenix, Arizona. The current state of housing in the District is not sustainable--the population is struggling with high vacancy rates, low affordability, overcrowding, and low incomes burdened by high transportation costs.