Official:Repealing Bill No. 050059 (approved July 8, 2005), entitled "An Ordinance adding Chapter 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Housing Trust Fund,' to create the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used; creating ongoing funding for the Fund by amending Section 10-1001 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Fees of Commissioner of Records,' by increasing certain fees for the recording of deeds and mortgages and related documents; and calling for the Creation of the Housing Trust Fund Oversight Board," all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: June 1, 2006
: Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
Status: Lapsed
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.
This bill would repeal a previous law that created the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and established an oversight board to manage it.
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