Speaker 3: 0953.0953 message in order authorizing City of Boston to accept an expanded amount of $25 million in the form of a grant for the Commonwealth Builder program awarded by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund the creation of workforce homeownership, housing units and the long term availability of those units to eligible moderate income households.
Speaker 2: Thank you. The chair now recognizes Councilor Lydia Edwards, chair of the Committee on Housing and Community Development. Chair Edwards, the floor is yours.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. We had a great hearing about this. The administration came through and explained both dockets, but that was a0953 was an incredible amount of money to help build workforce ownership. And so we they explained how many they expected to help out with that. We were talking tens of people or tens of families who will be able to do this and hopefully purchase their own home with this extra effort, this much needed money. So I submitted this committee report with the recommendation that all to pass.
Speaker 2: Councilor Lydia Edwards, chair of the Committee on Housing Community Development, seeks passage of Docket 0953. All those in favor, please indicate by saying I oppose nay. The ayes have it. Docket 0953 has passed. Madam Clerk, would you now please read docket 0955.
On the message and order, referred September 15, 2021 Docket 0953, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Commonwealth Builder Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund the creation of workforce homeownership housing units and the long-term availability of those units to eligible moderate-income households, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.