Affordable housing resources and strategies
Most of these will be far below the necessary mix of public housing and economic justice (equality) needed to truly ensure affordable housing, but as policy levers to fight for they may be of interest.
Will also try to add right to the city approaches, which are usually more radical and effective.
Here’s a list of policies to limit gentrification along a new commuter rail line to Baltimore, Maryland by the Purple Line Corridor Coalition:
- Increase public funds for affordable housing construction;
- Ramp up efforts to buy and redevelop land for affordable housing;
- Deploy low-cost loans and down payment support to help residents purchase or maintain homes;
- Assist existing renters by strengthening tenant protection laws and enforcing housing codes;
- Guide developers through regulatory and bureaucratic challenges to building in the Purple Line corridor; and
- Encourage developers to focus on transit-oriented development with at least some affordable housing.