“Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities,” charts a path forward for local policymakers who are grappling with the effects of gentrification, but who are wary of overburdening developers, impeding new housing construction, or inviting legal challenges. Through a review of literature and numerous case studies, author Rick Jacobus offers solutions for overcoming the major political, technical, legal and practical barriers to the adoption of inclusionary housing.
A Resource Guide for Community Activists and Local Governments
By Rick Jacobus and Maureen Hickey
This report was commissioned by Bay Area LISC and PolicyLink with sponsorship from the California Endowment, LISC’s Commercial Markets Advisory Service, State Farm Insurance, and CitiBank. The report provides an overview of the process that community activists have used to attract new fresh food retailers into disinvested urban communities.
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This toolkit developed for the Public Health Institute’s Land Use and Health Program is designed to provide an overview of Economic Development and Redevelopment issues for health advocates seeking new food stores in low income communities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Section I: Introduction to Economic Development, Redevelopment, and Health
1. Introduction to this Toolkit
2. The Connection Between Economic Development and Health
3. Why Do So Many Communities Lack Access to Healthy Food?
4. Developing a Strategy
Section II: Economic Development
5. What is Community Economic Development?
6. Types of Community Economic Development Programs
7. Economic Development Institutions
8. Financing Sources
Section III: Redevelopment
9. Overview of Redevelopment Law
10. Legal Requirements for Redevelopment
11. Introduction to Tax Increment Financing
12. Introduction to Eminent Domain
13. Support for Economic Development Projects
14. Final Points
Section IV: Strategies for Participation
15. Building Community Support
16. Data Collection
17. Model Redevelopment Resolution
18. Communicating with Public Officials
Section V: Appendices
Appendix 1: Sample Market Research Consultant Request for Proposals
Appendix 2: Redevelopment Agency Model Resolution
Appendix 3: Resources
By: Rick Jacobus and Maureen Hickey
This hands on guidebook is filled with detailed direction that will provide practitioners with a starting point for organizing comprehensive commercial district revitalization efforts. It takes the reader through each stage of revitalization from planning, research, and visioning to understanding the potential of the community, analyzing the business mix, marketing the assets, and implementing the work plan. The planning guide also provides a set of practical tools to assist in implementation.
Table of Contents:
Forward
Urban Commercial Revitalization Programs
Planning For Revitalization
Identifying and Involving Stakeholders
Developing a Community-Based Vision
Compiling Building and Business Inventories
Understanding Market Data
Using Surveys and Interviews to Collect Local Market Data
Assessing Crime and Community Safety
Developing Business Attraction Goals
Evaluate Streetscape Conditions
Branding the District Identity
Defining an Implementation Strategy
Measuring Impact
Appendix A: Hiring a Market Analysis Consultant
Appendix B: Resources
References
Acknowledgements