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Development without Displacement

Spring 2021

~Lilly Jacobson

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In the chat box, write:

  1. Present�
  2. If you could change one thing about your community, what would it be?�Si pudieras cambiar algo de tu comunidad, ¿cuál sería?

Warm-Up: Type in the Chat Box!

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  1. Envision community-controlled development
  2. Identify strategies for Development without Displacement
  3. Explore a local example of Development without Displacement

Week 2 Objectives

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Vocabulary

Affordable: inexpensive; something that does not cost “too much”

Affordable = (asequible) asbarato; algo que no cueste "demasiado"

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What percentage of your income should you spend on housing?

¿Qué porcentaje de sus ingresos debería gastar en vivienda?

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Affordable Housing

The government says housing is “affordable” if the tenants pay less than 30% of their income to live there.

30%

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In urban design, neighborhood change �(e.g. new buildings) is called…

En diseño urbano, cambio de barrio

(por ejemplo, edificios nuevos) se llama ...

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Vocabulary

Development: Neighborhood change, such as new buildings, businesses, housing

Development: (Desarrollo) cambio de vecindario, como nuevos edificios, negocios, viviendas

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When a low-income neighborhood sees new development, and new, wealthier residents/businesses move in, it’s called...

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Gentrification:

is when a low-income neighborhood sees new development and investment from OUTSIDE the community, primarily with and new, wealthier residents/businesses move in

Gentrification

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Gentrification:

es cuando un vecindario de bajos ingresos ve un nuevo desarrollo e inversión FUERA de la comunidad, principalmente con nuevos residentes / negocios más ricos que se mudan

Gentrification

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________ is when lower income residents are pushed out of a community due to rising rents (or other reasons)

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Vocabulary

Displacement: when lower income residents are pushed out of a community due to rising rents, or other factors.

*Displacement is often connected to gentrification

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Vocabulary

Displacement: cuando los residentes de bajos ingresos son expulsados ​​de una comunidad debido al aumento de los alquileres u otros factores.

* El desplazamiento a menudo está relacionado con la gentrificación.

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  1. Who is making the decisions about your neighborhood?�
  2. Who are these changes intended for?�
  3. What changes would YOU want to see in your neighborhood?

Questions to keep asking!

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

How would you try to improve your neighborhood without making it unaffordable for existing residents?�

�¿Cómo trataría de mejorar su vecindario sin hacerlo inasequible para los residentes actuales?

Answer in the chat!

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement:

when community members control the development process and even gain ownership over land!

... cuando los miembros de la comunidad controlan el proceso de desarrollo e incluso obtienen la propiedad de la tierra.

Vocabulary

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement Strategies

  • If land is owned by a private company, we should still have a voice!�
  • We can influence development with “Community Benefits Agreements”�
  • Another example is “Inclusionary Zoning”

3. Influence Private Development

  • The government owns a lot of “public land”�
  • Community groups can partner with the city/county to influence development at these sites�
  • E.g. Affordable housing developers building on vacant public land

2. Community Partnerships with the Government

  • If we own the land, we can decide what happens on it!�
  • Examples include:
    • Community Land Trusts
    • Co-operative Developments

1. Community Ownership of Land

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  • Take land and housing off the private market to create permanently affordable, community-controlled land and housing �
  • Use a co-op (cooperative) model
    • Residents collectively own and control the developments where they live, and they share the profits and the benefits
    • It means land without landlords, redistributing resources, re-imagining collective power

1. Community Ownership of Land

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  • Community Land Trust
    • A community organization that buys land and develops affordable housing owned by the community

1. Community Ownership of Land

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  • Community groups influence development of public land (land owned by the government)
  • For example, community groups partner with government to transform vacant lots into new homes into affordable housing, gardens, parks, or businesses

2. Community Partnerships with the Government

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  • Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)
    • Contracts for real estate developers to provide specific benefits for the community�
    • The community says to the developer: “In order to build (and make money) here, you have to listen to community needs!”

3. Influence Private Development

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What are some BENEFITS you would ask for in a Community Benefits Agreement?��¿Cuáles son algunos de los BENEFICIOS que pediría en un Acuerdo de Beneficios Comunitarios?

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Affordable Housing

Local Businesses

Community/Youth Centers

Parks / Gardens

Jobs for residents

Daycare

3. Influence Private Development

Benefits that can be included in a CBA are...

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Development without Displacement

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In the chat box, write:

  1. Present�
  2. Define the word “displacement” in your own words.�Defina la palabra "desplazamiento" con sus propias palabras.

Warm-Up: Type in the Chat Box!

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  1. Envision community-controlled development
  2. Identify strategies for Development without Displacement
  3. Explore a local example of Development without Displacement

Week 2 Objectives

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When a low-income neighborhood sees new development, and new, wealthier residents/businesses MOVE IN, it’s called...

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Gentrification:

is when a low-income neighborhood sees new development and investment from OUTSIDE the community, primarily with and new, wealthier residents/businesses move in

Gentrification

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________ is when lower income residents are PUSHED OUT of a community due to rising rents (or other reasons)

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Vocabulary

Displacement: when lower income residents are pushed out of a community due to rising rents, or other factors.

*Displacement is often connected to gentrification

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New money and people IN

Gentrification

...rents go up...

Displacement

Existing residents are pushed OUT

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What do you think the word “vacant” means?��¿Qué crees que significa la palabra "vacante"?

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Vocabulary

Vacant: empty �(e.g. a vacant lot or a vacant building)

Vacant = vacío

(por ejemplo, un terreno baldío o un edificio baldío)

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What is it called when community members control the development process?

¿Cómo se llama cuando los miembros de la comunidad controlan el proceso de desarrollo?

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

...when community members control the development process and even gain ownership over land!

... cuando los miembros de la comunidad controlan el proceso de desarrollo e incluso obtienen la propiedad de la tierra.

Development without Displacement...

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What is one Development without Displacement Strategy?

¿Qué es una estrategia de desarrollo sin desplazamiento?

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement Strategies

  • If land is owned by a private company, we should still have a voice!�
  • We can influence development with “Community Benefits Agreements”�
  • Another example is “Inclusionary Zoning”

3. Influence Private Development

  • The government owns a lot of “public land”�
  • Community groups can partner with the city/county to influence development at these sites�
  • E.g. Affordable housing developers building on vacant public land

2. Community Partnerships with the Government

  • If we own the land, we can decide what happens on it!�
  • Examples include:
    • Community Land Trusts
    • Co-operative Developments

1. Community Ownership of Land

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What is one question to keep asking when you see changes in your neighborhood?

¿Cuál es una pregunta que debe seguir haciendo cuando ve cambios en su vecindario?

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  1. Who is making the decisions about your neighborhood?�
  2. Who are these changes intended for?�
  3. What changes would YOU want to see in your neighborhood?

Questions to keep asking!

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Moms 4 Housing

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Do you think Moms 4 Housing’s strategy was successful? Why or why not?

¿Cree que la estrategia de Moms 4 Housing fue exitosa? ¿Por qué o por qué no?

Reflection/Prediction - Answer in the Chat!

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“On Monday, it was announced that the property owner, Wedgewood Properties, agreed to sell the house to the Oakland Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that acquires land and property for affordable housing. Moms 4 Housing hopes to buy the house from the trust.

Not only has Wedgewood agreed to sell to the trust, it also agreed to give the Community Land Trust the opportunity to buy all 50 of the properties it owns in Oakland.”

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How do you prefer to read the article? In the chat, write…

1 if you want to read by yourself

2 if you want to read in a breakout room with other people (write the names of those people)

3 if you want to read in a group with Ms. Jacobson

Assignment 2.2 - Moms 4 Housing Article

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Development without Displacement

Spring 2021

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In the chat box, write:

  1. Present�
  2. What is a definition for Development without Displacement?��¿Qué es una definición de Desarrollo sin Desplazamiento?

Warm-Up: Type in the Chat Box!

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  1. Research different strategies for development without displacement
  2. Define land use
  3. Read a map and identify different land use designations

Week 3 Objectives

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Vocabulary

Affordable: inexpensive; something that does not cost “too much”

Affordable = (asequible) asbarato; algo que no cueste "demasiado"

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What percentage of your income should you spend on housing?

¿Qué porcentaje de sus ingresos debería gastar en vivienda?

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Affordable Housing

The government says housing is “affordable” if the tenants pay less than 30% of their income to live there.

30%

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When a low-income neighborhood sees new development, and new, wealthier residents/businesses move in, it’s called...

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Gentrification:

is when a low-income neighborhood sees new development and investment from OUTSIDE the community, primarily with and new, wealthier residents/businesses move in

Gentrification

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Gentrification:

es cuando un vecindario de bajos ingresos ve un nuevo desarrollo e inversión FUERA de la comunidad, principalmente con nuevos residentes / negocios más ricos que se mudan

Gentrification

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________ is when lower income residents are pushed out of a community due to rising rents (or other reasons)

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Vocabulary

Displacement: when lower income residents are pushed out of a community due to rising rents, or other factors.

*Displacement is often connected to gentrification

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Vocabulary

Displacement: cuando los residentes de bajos ingresos son expulsados ​​de una comunidad debido al aumento de los alquileres u otros factores.

* El desplazamiento a menudo está relacionado con la gentrificación.

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New money and people IN

Gentrification

...rents go up...

Displacement

Existing residents are pushed OUT

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What do you think the word “tenant” mean?

¿Qué significa la palabra "inquilino"?

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Vocabulary

Tenant: a renter

(Someone who does not own their home - they pay rent to a landlord)

Tenant =(inquilino) Alguien que no es dueño de su casa; paga el alquiler al propietario)

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What is it called when community members control the development process?

¿Cómo se llama cuando los miembros de la comunidad controlan el proceso de desarrollo?

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement:

when community members control the development process and even gain ownership over land!

... cuando los miembros de la comunidad controlan el proceso de desarrollo e incluso obtienen la propiedad de la tierra.

Vocabulary

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What is one Development without Displacement Strategy

¿Qué es una estrategia de desarrollo sin desplazamiento?

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement Strategies

  • If land is owned by a private company, we should still have a voice!�
  • We can influence development with “Community Benefits Agreements”�
  • Another example is “Inclusionary Zoning”

3. Influence Private Development

  • The government owns a lot of land - “public land”�
  • Community groups can partner with the city/county to influence development at these sites�
  • E.g. Community buying programs

2. Community Partnerships with the Government

  • If we own the land, we can decide what happens on it!�
  • Examples include:
    • Community Land Trusts
    • Co-operative Developments
    • Collective Ownership models

1. Community Ownership of Land

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What is one question to keep asking when you see changes in your neighborhood?

¿Cuál es una pregunta que debe seguir haciendo cuando ve cambios en su vecindario?

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  1. Who is making the decisions about your neighborhood?�
  2. Who are these changes intended for?�
  3. What changes would YOU want to see in your neighborhood?

Questions to keep asking!

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There are lots of organizations fighting for Development without Displacement!

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What Development without Displacement strategy does EBPREC use?

¿Qué estrategia de Desarrollo sin Desplazamiento utiliza EBPREC?

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Planning and Design Vocabulary

Development without Displacement Strategies

  • If land is owned by a private company, we should still have a voice!�
  • We can influence development with “Community Benefits Agreements”�
  • Another example is “Inclusionary Zoning”

3. Influence Private Development

  • The government owns a lot of land - “public land”�
  • Community groups can partner with the city/county to influence development at these sites�
  • E.g. Community buying programs

2. Community Partnerships with the Government

  • If we own the land, we can decide what happens on it!�
  • Examples include:
    • Community Land Trusts
    • Co-operative Developments
    • Collective Ownership models

1. Community Ownership of Land

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Community Organization Research Instructions

  1. Choose one of the organizations on Slide 2 and click on the link to visit their website.�
  2. Explore the website and answer the questions on Slides 3-5.

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  1. Elija una de las organizaciones en la Slide 2 y haga clic en el enlace para visitar su sitio web.�
  2. Explore el sitio web y responda las preguntas de las Slides 3-5.