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Displacement Prevention Division: Displacement Prevention Division: Strategic Development Team Strategic Development Team Austin Housing | January 13, 2026 Content ▪ Organizational Structure ▪ Body of Work - Overview ▪ Policy & Research ▪ Capacity Building ▪ Planning ▪ Looking Ahead FY26 2 Organizational Structure - Department Austin Housing Communications and Administrative Services Finance Real Estate Displacement Prevention 3 Organizational Structure - Division Displacement Prevention Division Home Repair & Construction Services Renter & Homeowner Stabilization Services (Strategic Investments) Research, Capacity Building & Planning (Strategic Development) 4 Body of Work - Overview A. Responds to Displacement Mitigation Strategy (Austin Housing Blueprint): ▪ Action 2: Increase communities of color participation in NHCD’s affordable housing investment recommendations and displacement mitigation activities ▪ Action 7: Engage directly with communities vulnerable to displacement and connect them with services 5 Body of Work - Overview B. Provide research and relevant data around displacement pressures and neighborhood change ▪ Policy and Research: Understand and analyze community changes and displacement risk. Provide specific geographies to direct efforts. Data analysis, visualizations, and research. ▪ Capacity Building: Develop internal and external opportunities to strengthen knowledge and capacity of the community and key stakeholders. Programming and community support. ▪ Planning: Displacement Prevention planning efforts to help stabilize vulnerable communities. Displacement Mitigation Plans, Community Visioning and Assessments. 6 Policy and Research ▪ Displacement Risk Analysis (DRA) ▪ Use, update cadence ▪ Early Warning System Research ▪ StoryMap: Understanding community changes, and City support ▪ Internal support ▪ Displacement Prevention ▪ Real Estate ▪ Project Connect 7 StoryMap – Displacement in Austin ▪ Purpose: Tell the story of displacement in Austin using maps, first person stories from those impacted as well as other qualitative, quantitative and spatial data ▪ How has Austin changed? ▪ What is the Displacement Prevention Division & Housing Department doing to support vulnerable household? ▪ Utilize community stories collected through our division and partner organizations ▪ Draft forthcoming, and to be made public in late Spring 2026 8 StoryMap: Predominant Industry of Employment by Census Tract 2000 2023 ▪ Manufacturing ▪ Construction ▪ Professional Services ▪ Healthcare & social assistance ▪ Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food service ▪ Education 9 Capacity Building Capacity Building Capacity building ▪ Technical support to Community Initiated Solutions awarded organizations ▪ Equity mini-grants : Displacement Prevention ▪ Displacement Prevention Navigator Program ▪ Pilot conducted FY23-24 ▪ Program expansion for FY26 11 Displacement Prevention Navigator Pilot – FY23 ▪ Purpose: Connecting vulnerable households with resources through trained community Navigators. ▪ Timeline: June 2023 – June 2024 ▪ Recruitment: Navigators were connected to focus areas (Colony Park and Dove Springs) ▪ Training: 3-months with partners sharing knowledge and resources ▪ Program evaluation by Huston- Tillotson University 12 Displacement Prevention Navigator 13 Displacement Prevention Navigator ▪ FY25: 2.0 Displacement Prevention Navigator Program ▪ Adjustments made based on feedback from Navigators and Huston-Tillotson University evaluation. ▪ Focus areas: Dove Springs, Colony Park, and expanding to Montopolis. ▪ Key program changes: ▪ Improved outreach and case management with separate case workers & community ambassadors for better support. ▪ Goal: Open solicitation for Navigators in late Spring 2026 14 Anti-Displacement Planning Anti-Displacement Planning Planning Colony Park Displacement Mitigation Plan Development of 208-acres of City-owned land as a master-planned community, including essential services, public amenities, and diverse housing options can inadvertently cause displacement. ▪ Purpose: Develop a proactive plan to address displacement and community stability for the area surrounding the Colony Park Sustainable Community. ▪ Work with consultant to develop strategies for homeowner and renter stabilization, as well as economic mobility. The Scope of Work (SOW) will focus on long-term housing security and community benefits. ▪ Timeline: Kickoff December 2025 – final plan by December 2026 16 What comes ahead ▪ Closing (or close to completion) of current programs/analysis ▪ DRA analysis ▪ Early Warning System Project ▪ StoryMap ▪ Displacement Prevention Navigator ▪ Colony Park Displacement Mitigation Plan ▪ Capacity building / connection network around displacement prevention 17 Thank you! Thank you! Marla Torrado, Housing Division Manager marla.torrado@austintexas.gov