Overview
Austin voters issued a bold call to action when they approved a $300 million anti-displacement fund and the Project Connect transit expansion. The Nothing About Us Without Us report (Web), map series (Web), and the Anti-Displacement Tool serve as the guiding framework for investing these dollars. The report and map series lay out the vision and purpose of the Tool, describe how it was developed, demonstrate where it applies, and provide examples of how it can be implemented. The report is organized into five chapters, with an interactive scorecard in chapter 4.
The process of developing the Tool prioritized the voices of people most impacted by displacement. Thirty community members were selected from 117 applicants to participate as Catalysts, contributing a total of nearly 950 hours. Catalysts participated in two training sessions and five policy workshops to co-create the Tool over four months. The Catalysts reviewed displacement data and gathered lessons learned from other cities that have experienced transit-induced displacement.
The team of City staff who worked alongside the Catalysts comprises representatives from various departments, including divisions within the Housing Department, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Project Connect Office, the Innovation Office, and the Economic Development Department.
Executive Summary (PDF) - English
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A continuous improvement process ensures that the Tool will become stronger through lessons learned using it. Changes to the Tool will be informed by feedback from the Catalysts, the staff who created it, and the decision-makers and community members who use it.
Using the Tool
Key components of the Tool will guide the use of anti-displacement funding:
- Priority Places: Investments will be made in displacement risk areas within 1 mile of a Project Connect station.
- Priority Purposes: Investments will advance at least one priority purpose.
- Affordable housing
- BIPOC-owned businesses
- Minimize immediate BIPOC resident displacement
- High-quality jobs
- Cultural anchors
- Landbank
- Community power and capacity
- Strengthen tenant and homeowner rights
- Anti-Displacement Tool maps and dashboard: Investments will be informed by data on neighborhood conditions.
- Application and scoring criteria: The Tool will shape the scoring criteria for the Community-Initiated Solutions.