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What is gentrification and displacement?

How is gentrification addressed
in the Portland Plan?

Ten actions that respond to the challenges posed
by gentrification and displacement

The Portland Plan strives to make government explicitly
consider how projects and spending reduce disparities
and improve equity. The Portland Plan takes a three-part
approach to understanding and minimizing the effects of
gentrification:

Action 1: Enforce Title VI

1. Housing
Affordable housing actions are the heart of effective
displacement mitigation strategies. The Portland Plan
includes the following guiding policies and actions:

„„ Help keep families in their homes by preventing
avoidable, involuntary evictions and foreclosures.
„„ Increase the ability of low-income, minority
households to access home ownership
opportunities.
„„ Remove discriminatory barriers to Portlanders
trying to access housing.
„„ Develop policies and actions to address the
impacts of gentrification. Existing approaches
include the Neig