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Council directs staff to clarify TIF displacement definitions after briefing on DIA
Summary
Neighborhood & Housing Services described the city's TIF policy and a Displacement Impact Assessment (DIA) scoring neighborhoods for vulnerability; councilmembers asked to add indirect displacement language and to return with clear definitions and options for mitigation.
Veronica Garcia, director of Neighborhood & Housing Services, briefed the Planning & Community Development Committee on the city's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) policy and the Displacement Impact Assessment (DIA) used to evaluate neighborhood vulnerability to displacement.
Garcia said the DIA examines over two dozen factors — recent deed changes, renter/owner share, housing prices, permit activity and demolitions — and scores projects’ surrounding neighborhoods as low, moderate or high risk for displacement. A moderate or high DIA score does not automatically disqualify a project from receiving TIF support; instead, the score guides recommended mitigation strategies such as eviction prevention resources, relocation assistance and outreach.
Several councilmembers pressed for policy changes to address indirect as well as direct displacement. They raised the baseball stadium project as an example where surrounding demolitions led to displacement despite staff assertions on a slide. Councilmembers asked the city attorney, NHSD and other staff to draft clearer definitions and bring recommended revisions to committee as a first step.
Garcia said staff already conducts the DIA and will work with council and the city attorney to return with options for clarifying direct versus indirect displacement and recommended next steps.
