Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...2020, they created along with it a $300 million anti-displacement fund, aiming to offset the increase in housing costs..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Opinion: Austin’s Sustainability Efforts Need Anti-Displacement Tools

An environmental policy advocate explains why urban planning and increased sustainability efforts must address gentrification as Austin's people are just an integral to Austin as its infrastructure is.

"...segregated when urban greening does not put into practice anti-displacement strategies. Without these strategies, sustainability disparities are perpetually reinforced...."

Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Chelsea Gómez

People's Anti-Displacement Plan Gets Its Work in Early

Planning for the people

"...2020. On Monday, authors and supporters of the People's Anti-Displacement Plan gathered at City Hall to advocate for the..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Anti-Displacement Task Force: Money, or Nothing

A city task force with no budget or staff?

"...At the Anti-Displacement Task Force's first meeting in December, the group of..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Displacement Bad

New task force report finds room to improve

"...The Austin Anti-Displacement Task Force presented its Final Recommendations for Action to..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

As Council Works to Improve Affordability With HOME, How Will Displacement Factor In?

Research shows small lots boost affordability though concerns linger

"...middle-income residents, HOME isn’t intended to work as an anti-displacement tool for Austin’s lowest-income earners. But the city has..."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water

Making equity flow

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Gentrified? Displaced? Call a Task Force.

The mayor pitches an effort to solve "displacement" after Council's summer break

"...next six months, would propose to staff and Council "anti-displacement policies, strategies, and tools." Although he never precisely defines..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Affordable Housing With CodeNEXT

Also starring the People's Plan and Housing Justice Agenda

"...that the zoning rewrite expand density bonus programs, create anti-displacement zoning to preserve existing affordable multifamily properties and mobile..."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

As Long As There's a Plan

Council, "people" co-exist on effort to create affordable housing

"...enactment of Tovo's Right to Stay resolution, and an Anti-Displacement Office. The rider suggests that the remaining $30 million..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...routes. So the city has dedicated $300 million to anti-displacement efforts. The city has so far spent a little..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...The additional quarter-cent would be to increase funding for anti-displacement strategies, a priority of many on Council and the..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council District 2: Young Progressives Square Off for Open Seat

Candidates pledge to protect Austin’s working class families in Southeast Austin

"...She said she's committed to supporting a fully funded anti-displacement program, as well as expanding Austin's right-to-return and right-to-stay..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

City Housing Blueprint: Making New Plans

Life beyond CodeNEXT

"...actions, with more still to come from the separate Anti-Displacement Task Force...."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK

City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo

"...working-class families runs counter to a large pro-housing and anti-displacement strategy. ... Austinites can't afford for us to do..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Back in the Groove

Budget done, Council trudges on

"...remedies are making the rounds at City Hall. The Anti-Displacement Task Force, formed earlier this year, is working on..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities

A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community

"...And nowhere in HOME is there any mention of anti-displacement interventions (such as the $300 million in Project Connect)..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Alberta Phillips

City Council Takes on a Safer Sixth Street, Project Connect, and More

Council tackles a 63-item agenda

"...million be appropriated from the Project Connect $300 million anti-displacement fund for affordable housing projects along transit corridors, along..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Concerns About Equity and Worker Safety Push Project Connect Negotiations Into Overtime

Council to pass the joint (powers agreement)

"...discussion has been limited to the $300 million in anti-displacement funds being managed by the city as part of..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: This Train Will Leave on Time

But Project Connect's power structure bends a bit to help everyone get on board

"...empowerment. The $300 million fund within Project Con­nect for "anti-displacement" measures is a substantial investment for a project of..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: It Hurts When We Do That

As the old doctor joke goes, then stop doing that. Good advice for City Hall.

"...facing right now as it implements the Project Connect anti-displacement fund, the components are the same, and could have..."

May 21, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

New Transit Agency Takes Command of Project Connect

Let's get rolling!

"...forward. The city will manage the largest-in-the-nation $300 million anti-displacement fund that will seek to create and preserve affordable..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...the Federal Transit Administration to support transit-oriented development and anti-displacement efforts for Project Connect. The grant funds will be..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature

For "Active" Seniors Only

Affordable housing without transit? Council faces challenge.

"...The city's Anti-Displacement Task Force, which Council convened earlier this year to..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Council Gets Its Head in the Game

With only one first-term Trump-era vet and several rookies, Council squares up

"...the district, Harper-Madison said, that means a focus on anti-displacement measures that can help keep East Austinites in the..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: The Lack of Evidence Behind Austin’s HOME Initiative

There are indeed benefits to density, but affordability isn’t one of them

"...we are unwilling, politically, to put in place meaningful anti-displacement measures that may mitigate some of the harm to..."

April 19, 2024 Column by Rich Heyman

Opinion: Can Project Connect Actually Meet Our Needs?

The question remains if Project Connect will produce a public transit system that people will choose over their own cars

"...the context of former Councilmember Greg Casar's remarks about anti-displacement funds. While there is not currently a program in..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by Barbara Epstein

City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development

OK, how about here?

"..."neighborhood-level planning" for station areas, where applicable, when deploying anti-displacement funds...."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Time to Retrofit Our City for the Transit System Voters Approved

Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison offers a manifesto of sorts for transit-oriented development

"...finally becomes a first-class service. The unprecedented $300 million anti-displacement fund voters approved as part of the Project Connect..."

May 14, 2021 Column by Natasha Harper-Madison

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