Number
190670
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, PEREZ, STAMPER, RAINEY, JOHNSON, DONOVAN, ZIELINSKI , HAMILTON, LEWIS, DODD, BORKOWSKI AND KOVAC
Title
Resolution creating a Citizen Anti-Displacement Advisory Committee.
Analysis
This resolution creates a 12-member Citizen Anti-Displacement Advisory Committee consisting of 3 Common Council members and 9 citizen members. The Citizen Anti-Displacement Advisory Committee shall:
1. Examine displacement occurring in local neighborhoods, including contributing factors such as rising rents and property taxes.
2. Analyze gentrification and monitor its effects.
3. Review Common Council members’ proposals to combat displacement prior to formal consideration by a Common Council standing committee.
4. Develop measures for preventing and limiting displacement.
5. Hold a minimum of 2 community meetings per year to generate public feedback on proposed solutions.
6. Make recommendations to the Common Council regarding potential anti-displacement legislative changes needed to address the problem.
Body
Whereas, In February 2018, the Department of City Development issued a report entitled the “Anti-Displacement Plan for Neighborhoods Surrounding Downtown Milwaukee,” which indicated that displacement of low-income residents may be occurring within certain neighborhood census tracts, especially those directly north and south of Downtown. Specifically, the report highlights that:
1. Between 2000 and 2016, the percentage of minorities in Milwaukee increased by 8.9% while the distribution of this increase throughout the city has been uneven.
2. There have been only modest median household income increases citywide, but neighborhood data in specific areas show sharp increases in this metric, suggesting that higher-income people are moving into certain neighborhoods.
3. Neighborhoods with housing values that are increasing faster than the city median suggest these neighborhoods experience higher demand as ...
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