Local Strategies and Tools to Address Displacement in Gentrifying Neighborhoods

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.

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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