Salt Lake City Anti-Displacement Strategy Passed Unanimously by City Council
Thriving in Place, a two-part anti-displacement strategy led by CPC, was passed unanimously by Salt Lake City’s City Council on October 17, 2023.
The project consisted of two phases: Phase 1 of the project focused on Listening and Learning. Through a robust project website, community survey, six community liaisons, and the intrepid work of dozens of students in two University of Utah courses, we reached thousands of Salt Lake residents and engaged them in critical conversations about their experiences of displacement.
In Phase 2 of the strategy, Crafting Collaborative Solutions, we worked with multiple city departments, key partners and the community to develop an anti-displacement strategy that would help lower income tenants stay in place, create more affordable housing, and ensure ongoing partnership and coordinated action with impacted communities and regional partners.
“Much of that outreach has focused on new ways of listening to folks worst hit by displacement...who have offered their difficult stories in gatherings often conducted under pandemic duress.”