Future Land Use Equity Assessment
An equity assessment was performed on the definitions for each future land use designation, answering the following questions:
- Who benefits?
- Who is burdened?
- Who is missing or excluded?
- What unintended consequences might occur?
- How can equity be improved?
Across all designations, increased housing diversity, mixed-use development and mobility improvements offer strong equity benefits, particularly for lower-income residents, renters, shift workers, people with disabilities and community members who rely on transit or need access to jobs and services within walkable areas.
Several future land use designations carry risks of displacement, rising rents, loss of small businesses and exclusion of communities of color if implementation of the Future Land Use Map and comprehensive plan policies do not intentionally address affordability, cultural belonging and community representation. Key findings highlight the need for targeted implementation strategies that proactively mitigate these risks and ensure benefits are broadly shared.