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Mayor’s office and OPCD present anti-displacement roadmap; propose dashboard and work group
Summary
City staff presented a review of Seattle’s anti-displacement programs and recommended creating a cross-department work group, a near-real-time displacement risk dashboard, improved outreach and a preservation strategy for naturally occurring affordable housing.
City staff briefed the Seattle City Council select committee on Jan. 29 on existing anti-displacement programs and a proposed set of next steps intended to coordinate and strengthen those efforts as the city updates its comprehensive plan.
The presentation, led by Chris Tobias of the mayor’s office and Nicole Stafford and Leah Tivoli from the Innovation and Performance office, catalogued 20 city programs with displacement-mitigating potential and proposed four priority actions: create a monitoring tool and cross-department work group; increase program outreach and participation; simplify resident-facing application processes; and build a preservation strategy for naturally occurring affordable housing.
Why it matters: The city’s planning choices and rezoning will change where and how new housing is built; staff said anti-displacement measures must work in tandem with production of new housing to reduce involuntary displacement.
Key findings and proposals
- Inventory and evidence base: Staff said about 60% of the 20 identified interventions had a high-to-moderate research evidence base for mitigating displacement, citing recent reviews by UC…
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