ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY BY PROVIDING A QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOME FOR EVERY MILWAUKEEAN

Displacement has been elevated by residents as posing a risk to Black & Latino homeownership strategies.  If recent community conversations have taught us anything, it's that we do not have a consensus on what the causes of displacement are, what policy solutions are available to combat displacement, and how those policy solutions should be prioritized.  We need your help to build a Homeowner & Future Homeowner Bill of Rights where:

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1. Existing homeowners and residents have the right to thrive in their homes without being displaced,

2. Future homeowners have the right to attainable entry level homes, and

3. Housing costs will go down for everyone.  

 

Building a Homeowner & Future Homeowner Bill of Rights will help inform and prioritize the policy efforts of the alliance and provide direction and accountability for policy makers looking to advance racial equity and anti-displacement efforts in housing. ​

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OBJECTIVES

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Residents, Neighborhood Organizations, Advocacy Organizations, Implementors, Philanthropy, Investors, and other allies from the public and private sector, are invited to:

• Identify and Quantify the risk of displacement in our community.  Research and data on displacement will be presented, together with stories of those impacted presented by Ex-Fabula.  Attendees will participate in various interactive exercises to come to a common set of definitions and risks.

• Create the universe of strategies that can be used to combat displacement.  Over the last two years, CDA has collaborated with hundreds of residents, and a primary concern continues to be displacement.  CDA, and its network of allies, have researched strategies from across the country that address displacement.  Several of these strategies will be presented at the conference.  Participants will provide direction on editing, adding to, and subtracting from a draft Homeowner Bill of Rights. 

• Next steps: Continued Resident Collaboration, Prioritization, and Momentum Building.  Although there will be several residents participating in the conference, we know that not everyone can attend the conference, particularly residents.  CDA is hosting separate weekend and evening events with the CDA Resident Advisory Council on Housing (RACH) and resident led organizations.  At these sessions residents will edit, add to, and subtract from a draft Homeowner & Future Homeowner Bill of Rights.  Once that process is complete, CDA will collaborate with residents and other allies to prioritize which policy goals should be pursued first.   Updates will be shared through a newly formed CDA Policy Council, additional resident collaboration and quarterly all-Allies meetings. 

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WANT MORE?​

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Several of our allies want to do a deep dive on information before the conference.  If that's you, please join us for a pre-conference virtual seminar on Displacement, Data, Trends and Solutions on September 16, 2024, 1 - 4 pm.  ​

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