Official:Amending the Ordinance approved June 28, 1966 (Bill No. 1845), as amended, known as the "Philadelphia Housing Development Agreement Ordinance," and entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation to provide for low cost residential development and redevelopment in the City and to cooperate in certain housing programs, including the transfer of certain parcels of land, under certain terms and conditions," by requiring the express approval of Council by ordinance prior to the transfer of any City-owned property pursuant to that Ordinance or pursuant to the agreement authorized by that Ordinance.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: February 23, 2006
Signed: May 18, 2006
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires City Council to approve any transfer of city-owned property to a housing development corporation through an ordinance, rather than just by agreement.
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