Best Practice

Protect Residents from Eviction

State and local policies can protect residents from eviction, such as those that give existing tenants the right of first purchase, or those that create proactive stabilization funds that can protect homeowners from eviction. These policies keep residents in place and create opportunities for interventions that prevent homelessness.

Cost

Local jurisdictions usually must spend political capital to justify implementing such a policy.

Timeframe

Evaluating the need and implementing a local policy would likely take 18-24 months.

Code

Maintenance, Ownership, Planning

Challenge

Affordable Housing

Practice Tool

Policy / Regulation

Population

Residents at Risk of Displacement

Setting

Urban