Legislation Details

File #: 2025-0329    Version: 1
Type: Council Hearing Order Status: Filed
File created: 1/26/2025 In control: Committee on Housing and Community Development
On agenda: 1/29/2025 Final action: 12/10/2025
Title: Order for a hearing to explore programs the City of Boston offers or could establish to prevent illegal discrimination by landlords and real estate brokers against prospective tenants utilizing Housing Choice Vouchers. On motion of Councilors Santana and Weber, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as an original co-sponsor.
Sponsors: Henry Santana; Benjamin Jacob Weber; Ruthzee Louijeune; Gabriela Coletta Zapata; Sharon Durkan; Tania Fernandes Anderson; John FitzGerald; Ed Flynn; Enrique Pepén; Brian Worrell
Attachments: 1. Housing Choice Voucher Discrimination Hearing Order

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Order for a hearing to explore programs the City of Boston offers or could establish to prevent illegal discrimination by landlords and real estate brokers against prospective tenants utilizing Housing Choice Vouchers.

On motion of Councilors Santana and Weber, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as an original co-sponsor.