Official:Amending Chapter 16-400 ("Vacant and Surplus Properties") to provide for the transfer of certain City-owned real estate for nominal or less than fair market consideration for the purpose of encouraging projects that create affordable housing and/or jobs for low and moderate income residents; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: March 7, 2013
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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 allows the city to give away some of its vacant properties for very low costs or even free, in exchange for developers agreeing to build affordable housing and create jobs for low-income residents.
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