City of San Antonio - File #: 20-5969

• File #: 20-5969
• Type: Staff Briefing - With Ordinance
• In control: Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee
• On agenda: 10/5/2020
• Posting Language: Briefing and possible action on the ForEveryoneHome Anti-displacement Initiative with Grounded Solutions Network, including a proposed memorandum of agreement in the amount of $120,000.00 to increase public outreach and the development of an additional anti-displacement implementation strategy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood & Housing Services]

DEPARTMENT:

Neighborhood and Housing Services Department

DEPARTMENT HEAD:

Ver?nica R. Soto, FAICP, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department Director

COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED:

Citywide

SUMMARY:

An Ordinance approving a memorandum of agreement with Grounded Solutions Network for anti-displacement and inclusive growth policy strategy consulting services, and authorizing a co-investment in the Initiative from the City in the amount of $120,000.00 to be funded from the FY 2020 Neighborhood and Housing Services Department General Fund Budget.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Grounded Solutions Network (GSN) is a non-profit policy consultancy firm specializing in inclusive growth and anti-displacement strategies. They have consulted for many cities including Houston, Austin, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Detroit.
The ForEveryoneHome initiative is a nationwide anti-displacement and inclusive growth effort undertaken by Grounded Solutions Network and sponsored by the Ford Foundation. The initiative's goal is to help cities develop sound anti-displacement and inclusive growth policies before displacement pressures become too great. San Antonio was one of three cities competitively selected to participate in ForEveryoneHome, along with Winston-Salem, NC and Indianapolis, IN.
The ForEveryoneHome Initiative expands on the work of the Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, whose charge was to create a comprehensive and compassionate housing policy framework that "allow(s) residents to live with dignity, age in place, rehabilitate their housing, and preserve the integrity of their neighborhoods". Today, we are pleased that through ForEveryoneHome we have continued to work with community leaders on exploring specific strategies for achieving the Task Force's call to preserve and protect neighborhoods.

Since the initiative began in 2019, the ForEveryoneHome team has created an in-depth needs assessment which has already been utilized to guide outreach and policy d...