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2021 Milwaukee Resolution 21-506 Establishing a Right to Counsel Program

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

A Guide to Proactive Rental Inspection Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ChangeLab Solutions

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Public Safety, Public Spaces

Localities should maintain code enforcement programs to improve both housing conditions and residents' wellbeing. This guide outlines the benefits of proactive rental inspection programs and provides an overview of program design. It recommends involving diverse stakeholders and community...

2021 Philadelphia Bill 210920 Establishing Eviction Protections for Tenants

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source City of Philadelphia

Policy Areas Housing

This bill requires landlords to participate in Philadelphia's Eviction Diversion Program, which resolves disputes between landlords and tenants. It also prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a lawful reason, and requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights and...

Housing: Central to COVID-19 Relief and Recovery

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Housing

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread unemployment, millions of Americans are facing eviction, or are taking on unsustainable debt, dipping into savings, and cutting food and medications to afford rent. The federal government must make housing policy central to any COVID-19...

2021 Seattle Right to Counsel in Evictions Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

This ordinance guarantees the right to legal counsel, free of charge, for any residential renter in Seattle responding to an unlawful detainer suit....

2021 Brooklyn Center Eviction Protection Ordinance 2021-05

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City of Brooklyn Center

Policy Areas Housing

This ordinance requires owners of affordable housing units to provide tenants a written notice at least 30 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging non-payment of rent or material breach of a lease. Additionally, it prohibits owners of affordable housing units from issuing...

2022 Beacon Just Cause Eviction Local Law

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Beacon City Council

Policy Areas Housing

This local law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a good cause. Legal grounds for eviction include nonpayment of rent, violation of the law, chronic nuisance, the landlord's desire to personally occupy the housing accommodation, and more. It also requires landlords...

New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Louisiana

Source City of New Orleans

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance outlines use and design standards for both rental and owner-occupied affordable housing. It requires that at least 10% of units in new developments within eligible zones are made affordable and ensures that these units will incorporate the same design features and have...

Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source National Low Income Housing Coalition

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

Rents are rising faster than wages, and tenants in many states are burdened by the end of pandemic-era benefits programs that had helped dampen a hostile national housing market. This report examines disparities between wages and rental housing prices across the country and finds...

Block by Block: Milwaukee’s Amani Housing Pilot as a Model for Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing

The Amani Housing Pilot aims to take a comprehensive and community-engaged approach to improve housing on one block in Milwaukee's Amani neighborhood. This report outlines the pilot's objectives, funding mechanisms, and partnerships; analyzes where the project has met its objectives...

Housing Choice Voucher Landlord Guidebook: Education and Outreach

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education, Housing

Public housing agencies (PHAs) can use effective education and outreach strategies to recruit and retain Housing Choice Voucher landlords. This guide outlines best practices for establishing relationships between landlords, tenants and PHAs through education and outreach, and provides...

The Eviction Prevention Cohort: Highlights from the Five-City Pilot

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

The Eviction Prevention Cohort is a partnership between NLC, Stanford Legal Design Lab, and five cities across the U.S. to study the long-term impacts of mass evictions - particularly on low-income and BIPOC households - and to design, implement, and institutionalize effective policies...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 79-19 Granting Non-profit Organizations First Right of Purchase to Preserve Affordable Housing

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

This ordinance grants certain nonprofit organizations the right to make first offers on multi-family residential buildings, provided that the property is used to create or preserve rent-restricted affordable housing. This ordinance aims to incentivize sellers by reducing general transaction...

Greening Without Gentrification: Learning from Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing, Public Spaces

When parks are built in historically marginalized areas they can contribute to 'green gentrification' as improved access to natural spaces increases property values and brings an influx of wealthier residents. This guide outlines policy strategies for greening marginalized communities...

House Hacking Catalog

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Housing

Missing Middle Housing is a term that refers to the types of residential buildings — those in the “middle” between single- family detached homes and large apartment buildings — that once were built in cities and towns across the country but are mostly outlawed today, and missing from...

A New Culprit in the Housing Crisis: Rent-Setting Software Algorithms

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Data & Technology, Economic Justice, Housing

Rent-setting algorithms inflate housing costs by illegally fixing rent prices among the large group of landlords that use them. This memo outlines steps local governments can take to combat algorithmic price fixing and recommends using ordinances to ban these practices and working...

Relocation assistance to Tenants Displaced from their Homes

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing

This guide details relocation payments and assistance available to tenants that are displaced by rehabilitation, demolition, or acquisition of a project that has received federal funding. It highlights assistance options including advisory services, payment for moving expenses, and...

Building Blocks: Understanding and responding to Waukesha County’s housing affordability challenges

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing

This report examines market characteristics and barriers to affordable and workforce housing development in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It outlines the extent of affordable housing development in the county over past years, financing approaches, and best practices for increasing the...

Reduce Evictions and Transform the System: Lessons from Philadelphia

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Pennsylvania

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

Local officials must devise innovative strategies for mitigating eviction and improving housing affordability. This brief highlights Philadelphia's eviction reduction strategies, including public information campaigns about the negative impacts of eviction, implementing eviction moratoriums,...

2020 St. Louis Park Eviction Protection Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City Council of the City of St. Louis Park

Policy Areas Housing

This ordinance requires landlords to provide tenants a written notice at least 7 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging nonpayment of rent or other unpaid financial obligations in violation of the lease. If the tenant fails to correct the rent delinquency within 7 days of...

City of Detroit Lead Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2024

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Detroit City Council

Policy Areas Health, Housing

This Detroit ordinance ensures that city residents have quality and safe housing and compliant landlords. It requires the owners of rental properties to register dwellings, obtain a Certificate of Registration of Rental Property, and a Certificate of Compliance. It also implements...

No Room for Rent: Addressing Rising Rent Prices Through Public Investment and Public Power

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

This report urges policymakers to implement policies that tackle the rising cost of rent. In particular, states and cities should fund a major increase in the supply of affordable housing, adopt new forms of zoning regulation that can enable the increase in supply of affordable housing,...

2021 Madison Resolution 21-00413 Authorizing the Creation of a City Land Bank

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Madison

Policy Areas Public Spaces

This Resolution authorizes the creation of the City of Madison Land Bank and approves the City of Madison Land Banking Fund. The Land Banking Fund's policy, attached to this document, establishes guidelines to inform how real estate will be acquired and how uses of acquired property...

2006 Nassau County Local Law 9 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) New York

Source Nassau County Legislature

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits owners, landlords, and management companies from refusing to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations to any person because of their actual or perceived protected status. It also creates the Commission on Human Rights, which can refer complaints of discrimination...

A Guide for Renting and Creating Lower Cost Energy Efficient Apartments and Homes

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level -

State(s) All States

Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Policy Areas Energy, Housing

As the price of electricity and heating fuels rise, the demand for rental properties with energy-efficient features and lower utility bills is skyrocketing. This guide instructs renters on what to ask and look for to find an energy-efficient rental. It also outlines low cost measures...

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