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Philadelphia Councilors Unveil Plan to Launch Citywide Affordable Housing Fund Immediately

Official:Creating the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund; all under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced: May 25, 2004

: Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill creates a Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund to manage and provide funding for affordable housing programs.

What This Bill Does

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Creates the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund, a new entity to manage and provide funding for affordable housing programs.
The fund will be administered by a governing body, but the specifics of its composition and powers are not specified in the bill.
The bill does not specify how the fund will be funded, but it implies that it will be supported by a combination of city and possibly other sources.
The bill gives the governing body of the fund the authority to allocate and disburse funds for various affordable housing programs, but the details of these programs and the criteria for eligibility are not specified in the bill.