Strategies

Provide funding for local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development

Limit or ban alcohol establishments from serving alcohol at a reduced price as part of promotions; also called happy hour restrictions

Require developers to reserve a proportion of housing units for residents with low incomes via mandatory requirements or incentives, such as density bonuses

Acquire, hold, manage, and develop properties such as vacant lots, abandoned buildings, or foreclosures, and transition them to productive uses, often affordable housing developments

Establish locally mandated wages that are higher than state or federal minimum wage levels

Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing

Provided work supports for low income individuals and families (e.g., job search assistance, transitional jobs, subsidized child care, health insurance, etc.); participants worked at least 30 hours/week

Provide nutrition information on menus and signboards at restaurants and other food outlets

Address nutrition in schools via educational (e.g., classroom or curricula-wide efforts, peer training, etc.), environmental (e.g., school menus, classroom snacks, etc.), and other approaches

Increase compensation provided to unemployed workers looking for jobs by expanding eligibility, amount, or duration of benefits