Committee on Housing and Community Development Hearing on Dockets #0536-0537,0708

Docket #0536 - Message and order authorizing the Mayor's Office of Housing to accept and expend payments in the amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) given to the City of Boston's Inclusionary Development Policy for the purpose of producing and preserving affordable housing in the City of Boston. 

Docket #0537 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to apply for, accept and expend the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Housing and Community Development funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This Order includes the following grant programs, with final awards estimated not to exceed the totals listed. Community Development Block Grant $18,000,000.00, HOME Investment Partnership Program $7,000,000.00, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $4,000,000.00 and the Emergency Solution Grant $2,000,000.00.

Docket #0708 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston, acting through the Mayor’s Office of Housing, to apply for, accept and expend the amount of Twenty One Million Five Hundred Ninety Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($21,597,797.00) provided under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Act of 2021 from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of the HOME-ARP funds is to provide housing to individuals, to households who are homeless, at risk of homelessness and other vulnerable populations in the City of Boston.

These matters are sponsored by the Mayor and were referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development (Dockets #0536 and #0537) on April 27, 2022 and (Docket #0708) on June 8, 2022.

NOTICE: The Boston City Council may have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council consisting of both voting and non-voting members. However, members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee.

Public Testimony

Members of the public are cordially invited to attend and testify. If you have not testified at a Council hearing before, please arrive five (5) minutes before the call of the hearing to sign up and become familiar with the hearing format, testimony locations and sound system. Please bring fifteen (15) copies of any written documentation you wish to present at the hearing.

The public may also watch this hearing via live stream at boston.gov/city-council-tv. Members of the public wishing to testify virtually via videoconference should email the staff contact for a link and instructions to do so. Written comments may be sent to the Committee or staff email (below) and will be made a part of the record and available to all Councilors.

Committee Liaison: Juan Lopez - juan.lopez@boston.gov - Committee - ccc.housing@boston.gov

Mail Address: Boston City Council, One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA  02201

Fax Number: 617-635-4203 – Attn: Dockets #0536-#0537, #0708.