Preventing Transportation Investment-Related Displacement

Council calls on OGP Commitment collaborators to provide guidance

In these unprecedented times, Austin City Council is carefully balancing both the immediate, urgent efforts of Covid-19 response and future efforts that will employ our community and strengthen our city's infrastructure.

On April 23, Council discussed the regional Project Connect transportation project and our ongoing responsibility for addressing any known potential risks, including the risk of displacement from significant infrastructure investments and ensuring people of different incomes can benefit from transportation investments.  

The city is paying special attention to ensuring that transportation investment does not change property values in a manner that unintentionally displaces the very communities the connectivity is intended to support.

Council passed Resolution 20200423-038, engaging the city's OGP lead, the Innovation Office; the city's anti-displacement commitment lead, the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department; and a consortium of city and community collaborators to focus on this important issue.

Updates to this April 2020 Resolution can be found at the following links:

Resolution 20200610-002 (https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=342396)

Resolution 20200807-003 (https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=346090)

Resolution 20200812-015 (https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=347387)

Resolution 20200903-044 (https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=346733)

Presentation Dec. 18, 2020 (https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=352257)