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9 Tools for Combatting Displacement in Texas

The 9 tools featured here are taken from the more comprehensive list of tools in the Texas Anti-Displacement Toolkit. The tools provide a diverse range of approaches for tackling residential displacement. Some of the tools assist primarily vulnerable homeowners, while others are targeted towards vulnerable renters. The tools include high-impact but more difficult to implement approaches, as well as “low hanging fruit” tools that are fairly easy to implement but may not be as wide-ranging in their impact. An overview of each tool is followed by a list of key action steps to get started with the tool, and then an application of the policy assessment framework from the toolkit.

More anti-displacement tools can be found in the Texas Anti-Displacement Toolkit PDF.

1. Affordable Housing Preservation Network and Database
2. City and tenant right-to-purchase preservation program
3. Community land trusts
4. Homestead preservation center
5. Affordable housing strike fund
6. Tenant relocation assistance ordinance
7. Mobile home park zoning
8. Community preference policy
9. Tenant Organizing Rights

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