ABSTRACT
The processes of gentrification and displacement continue to be highly contested in their definitions, causes, impacts, and potential policy responses. This chapter reviews the academic literature on displacement in both gentrifying and non-gentrifying U.S. neighborhoods, concluding that displacement is a separate yet overlapping process with that of gentrification that accounts for a significant share of annual household moves. The practitioner literature on anti-displacement is then reviewed and summarized along the three pillars of neighborhood stabilization, production, and preservation of affordable housing. The literature on the impacts of rent control on household turnover demonstrates the protective nature of such rent regulations. Debates between the relative importance of market-rate versus subsidized production on housing affordability and displacement have remained understudied. Further research is needed to better understand the potential impacts of the diverse range of anti-displacement strategies necessary to inform policy.
