Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a mandatory annual appropriation for the Housing Trust Fund, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: May 27, 2021
Signed: June 17, 2021
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill puts a question on the November 2021 ballot asking voters if the City should make an annual appropriation to its Housing Trust Fund mandatory. If approved, this would mean the city's budget automatically sets aside money for affordable housing each year.
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