City Hall Council Chambers
A bill codifying community land trusts into city law, and two others that are part of the Housing Not Warehousing Act, were among the bills that came up for a vote at the Council’s last session Tuesday.
The City Council passed historic reforms by close margins over the fierce complaints of advocates claiming betrayal. As important as the drama and its outcome is what the debate revealed about the balance of power in the city.
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