Local Strategies and Tools to Address Displacement in Gentrifying Neighborhoods
Local Strategies and Tools to Address Displacement in Gentrifyng Neighborhoods sites.utexas.edu/gentrificationproject/
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What is gentrification Types of displacement Who is impacted Understand what is happening on the ground in your communities 5. Tailor goals, strategies, and tools
What is gentrification?
What is gentrification? Higher-income residents move into neighborhoods with historically low property values and higher concentration of vulnerable residents.
What is gentrification? Higher-income residents move into neighborhoods with historically low property values and many vulnerable residents.
Housing costs rise.
What is gentrification? Higher-income residents move into neighborhoods with historically low property values and many vulnerable residents.
Housing costs rise.
Vulnerable residents displaced
What is gentrification? Higher-income residents move into neighborhoods with historically low property values and many vulnerable residents.
Housing costs rise.
Vulnerable residents displaced Cultural character of neighborhood transformed
Understanding displacement Direct displacement Indirect displacement (exclusionary displacement Cultural displacement
Who is most vulnerable to displacement?
Communities of Color
People 25 and older without a Bachelor’s Degree
Renters
People making at or below 80% Median Family Income
Households with children in poverty
Types of gentrifying neighborhoods
Source: UT Austin Uprooted Report (2018)
Harris County Neighborhood Gentrification Typology
Source: UT Austin Uprooted Report (2018)
Dallas Census Tract Gentrification Typology
Source: UT Austin Uprooted Report (2018) Source: Governing Magazine
San Antonio Census Tract Gentrification Typology
Source: Governing Magazine
Assess Strategies and Tools
Criteria: Understanding Costs and Tradeoffs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Which group does this tool help most? What stage of gentrification does it best fit? Is this a place-based strategy? Will it serve current or future residents, or both? How will the voices of vulnerable residents be represented? 6. What level of funding will be required? 7. What level of capacity and ongoing engagement from city and nonprofit staff does it require?
Local Strategies and Tools to Address Displacement in Gentrifying Neighborhoods
Texas regulatory barriers Illegal: • Linkage fees • Inclusionary zoning for homeownership • Source-of-income protections from discrimination • Real estate transfer taxes • Circuit breaker taxes • Local minimum wage
Partial Ban: • Moratorium on development and rezoning Misperceptions about illegality: • Rent control • Inclusionary zoning for rental housing
10 Priority Policies 1. Community Preference Policy 2. Tenant Relocation Ordinance 3. Targeted Funding: TIF, Homestead Preservation Districts, Housing Bonds 4. Preservation Investment Fund 5. Land Control and Community Land Trusts
10 Priority Policies 6. Tenant Purchase Program 7. Tenant Protections 8. Affordable Housing Preservation Network 9. Market Segmentation 10. Homestead Preservation Centers