Anti-Displacement Task Force

The City of Somerville has released its Anti-Displacement Task Forces findings and recommendations. They can be found in the Documents tab here on SomerVoice.

Video of the January 30th Presentation can be found in the video tab here on SomerVoice.

Direct links to the files:

The purpose of the Anti-Displacement Task Force is to develop programming and policy recommendations that aim to equitably reduce the displacement rate of people who live in, have businesses in, or create in the City of Somerville.

The task force has an emphasis on collaboration with City of Somerville staff, community members, practitioners, artists, and non-profits to identify community members most susceptible to the impacts of displacement, review current and potential strategies for anti-displacement, with the final deliverable being a set of policy and programming recommendations that work toward addressing displacement from a holistic perspective but equitably focused on the community level.

Equity Statement

The impacts of displacement are not proportionately felt. Socially disadvantaged populations are impacted disproportionately. Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage stems from circumstances beyond their control.

The City of Somerville holds equity as a central community value and is committed to acknowledging and mitigating historical inequalities.

Therefore, the task force will prioritize the needs of Somerville's socially disadvantaged individuals and contextualize those needs wherever possible.

The Anti-Displacement Task Force will:

Equitably consider the needs of the community.
Provide a space for an exchange of information, citizen, council, staff, and organizational input, and deliberation.
Assist in synthesizing research and identifying key issues and ideas for anti-displacement strategies in the areas of residential, small business and non-profit and creative enterprise displacement.
Identify a range of anti-displacement measures to prevent displacement.
Make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on whether and how to implement policy and programming changes to reduce the rate of displacement in the City of Somerville.

The input developed and synthesized by the Anti-Displacement Task Force will inform the decisions of the City of Somerville Administration and the Somerville City Council, who will be responsible for carrying out the recommendations.

The task force will be broken up into three committees, focusing on different areas of displacement work:

1) Residential Displacement

2) Small Business and Non-Profit Displacement and

3) Creative Displacement.

Committee members will guide and inform staff on research and development of policy and programming recommendations to further anti-displacement efforts. Recommendations will be compiled into a Task Force Report to be published at the conclusion of the yearlong task force.

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