California Air Resources Board

Principal Investigator/Author(s): Karen Chapple

Contractor: University of California, Berkeley

Contract Number: 19RD018

Project Status: Completed

Relevant CARB Programs: Sustainable Communities & Climate Protection Program, Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities

Topic Areas: Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Community Strategies (SCS), Land Use & Transportation Research

Research Summary:

Investments in housing and transit are central to California's approach to climate change mitigation. However, with increased public investment comes concern over potential displacement of low-income residents. To ensure that investments benefit communities while preventing these unintended consequences, this research reviewed seventeen anti-displacement policies, including housing production, preservation, and neighborhood stabilization strategies, identifying their potential to prevent displacement, and the housing markets, implementation scale, and timeframe in which they are effective.

Keywords: displacement, anti-displacement, communities, equity, housing production, neighborhood stabilization, unintended consequence, sustainable communities