Philadelphia City Council / Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, April 24, 2023, at 1:00 PM to hear testimony on the following items:

221017
An Ordinance amending Chapter 7-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Preservation of Affordable Housing,” to modify certain requirements that must be met before a change in ownership, other disposition, or other change in property interest occurs with respect to certain affordable housing properties in Philadelphia, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

221018
An Ordinance amending Chapter 7-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Preservation of Affordable Housing,” to provide for a City directory of affordable housing subsidies and their duration, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 12:00 PM to hear testimony on the following items:

200057
Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold public hearings to explore rent control in the City of Philadelphia.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 1:00 PM to hear testimony on the following items:

221031
Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to conduct hearings regarding discrimination against households holding tenant-based vouchers, putting thousands of vulnerable Philadelphians at risk of homelessness, and the effect of this discrimination on Philadelphia’s affordable housing crisis.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 9:30 AM to hear testimony on the following items:

220819
Resolution authorizing the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold public hearings examining MV Realty of Pennsylvania LLC and their Homeowner Benefits Agreement and the impact these agreements may have on Philadelphia homeowners.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 10:30 AM to hear testimony on the following item:

220655
An Ordinance amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to modify requirements and authorizations related to the City’s residential eviction diversion program, including associated changes to the landlord and tenant relationship, and to make certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM to hear testimony on the following items:

211029 Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to conduct public hearings to explore the crisis of expiring affordable housing subsidies and the impact of those expirations on the availability of affordable housing units in the City of Philadelphia.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 9:00 AM to hear testimony on the following item:


210920 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to provide for an eviction diversion program, to make associated changes related to the landlord and tenant relationship, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 9:00 AM to hear testimony on the following item:

210838 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to conduct hearings to identify barriers and solutions to permanently preserving community gardens and open spaces in the City of Philadelphia.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 10:00 AMto hear testimony on the following items:

210695 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold a hearing to discuss the impact of tangled titles in Philadelphia.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at 9:30 AM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following item:

200616 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including but not limited to periods of applicability of various provisions, such as the applicable period of the eviction diversion program, and time frames applicable to qualification for certain provisions, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Friday, November 6, 2020, at 2:00 PM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following items:

200414 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for temporary eviction relief, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200420 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for the temporary waiver of certain fees, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200421 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for repayment agreements, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 9:30 AM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following items:

200414 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for temporary eviction relief, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200420 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for the temporary waiver of certain fees, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200421 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for repayment agreements, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 9:30 AM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following items:

200408 Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings on the impact of COVID 19 on homelessness, evictions, and residential foreclosures and the City’s efforts to combat homelessness, evictions, and residential foreclosures.

Recessed Hearing Notice

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Friday, May 29, 2020, and recessed the public hearing until Friday, June 5, 2020 at 9:30 AM.

200294 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for an eviction diversion program, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200295 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for temporary eviction relief, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200301 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for temporary rent stabilization, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200302 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for the temporary waiver of certain fees, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200304 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the Coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for relief to tenants who have been illegally locked out of their residences and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

200305 An Ordinance amending various sections of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic and otherwise, including providing for payment agreements for tenants with a certified financial hardship related to COVID 19, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 1:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following item:

190860 An Ordinance amending Title 7 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Housing Code,” by adding a new Chapter 7 200, entitled “Preservation of Affordable Housing;” all under certain terms and conditions.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, June 4, 2018 to hear testimony on the following item:

180430 An Ordinance amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," Chapter 10-800, "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-840, "Criminal and Defiant Trespassers," establishing and clarifying procedures to remove criminal and defiant trespassers from real property, all under certain terms and conditions.

Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless
Chair: Councilman Allan Domb (At Large)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)

The Joint Committees on Housing, Neighborhood Development & the Homeless and Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Friday, April 27, 2018 to hear testimony on the following item:

180360 Resolution authorizing the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless and the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint hearings regarding growing the City's tax base by analyzing current housing trends, population growth and the City's labor pool as well as the real estate market in order to explore policy solutions to continue to grow the City's tax base.

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, November 6, 2017, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items:

170827 An Ordinance amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," Chapter 10-800, "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-840, "Squatters," establishing and clarifying procedures to remove squatters from real property, all under certain terms and conditions.

170841 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold hearings to discuss the impact of squatting in Philadelphia, the victims of squatting and additional measures and best practices to prevent squatting.

Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless
Chair: Councilman Allan Domb (At Large)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)

The Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on to hear testimony on the following items:

170048 Resolution authorizing the Council of the City of Philadelphia to investigate the recent sale of tax delinquent properties approved for acquisition by the Philadelphia Land Bank for workforce housing, side yards, and community gardens, to assess Land Bank strategies to better support balanced and equitable neighborhood growth, and to explore a moratorium on all lien and sheriff sales of tax delinquent properties.

170252 Resolution calling for a hearing on Philadelphia's "middle neighborhoods," which are neighborhoods where housing is typically affordable and where quality of life - measured by access to high quality public amenities and advantageous employment, crime rates, and school performance - is sufficiently good that new home buyers are willing to play the odds and choose these neighborhoods over others in hopes they will improve rather than decline, and to explore potential intergovernmental policy solutions to stabilize and support these neighborhoods.

Committee of Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless
Chair: Councilman Allan Domb (At Large)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)

The Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, April 3, 2017 to hear testimony on the following item:

No. 160077
Resolution authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies.

Committee on Education
Chair: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large)

Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless
Chair: Councilman Allan Domb (At Large)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)