The Better Buyout: A Holistic Approach
A well-designed buyout program addresses people, housing, and land — the foundations of a healthy community — holistically.
Buy-In’s services enhance each of these three building blocks, crafting a human-centered buyout process based on local needs and vulnerabilities, providing re-housing solutions and case management for participating households, and creating open space and flood controls to protect neighborhoods.
We with communities across the United States to provide supportive relocation services that let households move on their own terms and timelines, building decision-making tools that make data collection, coalition building, program oversight, and project financing more accessible to communities on the frontlines of climate change.
Buy-In is making the buyout process transparent, efficient, and equitable to help communities become flood-free.
“A better buyout results in improved quality of life and environment for everyone in the community, not just individuals. And since buyouts are fundamentally about housing, a better buyout must create safer, more secure, and more affordable homes. The challenges are not insurmountable. Thoughtful engagement, pre-emptive planning, and collaborative partnerships can help cities and their residents envision a future without the recurring threat of disaster. ”
Buy-In Community Planning at the MITdesignX symposium DESIGN >> FAST-FORWARD: The Acceleration of Technology, Systems and Urban Policy in the Post-Pandemic City. April 26-27, 2021