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Local housing providers tell council advisory committee processes sideline landlords and providers

5968491 · October 21, 2025
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Several housing providers and property managers told the council on Oct. 20 that recent Housing Advisory Committee meetings compressed dozens of items into single agenda packages and did not adequately include housing providers input, asking the council to review the committee's procedures.

Multiple housing providers and a property-industry commenter told the Albany City Council on Oct. 20 that recent Housing Advisory Committee meetings had grouped many policy proposals into single agenda items and had not given housing providers sufficient time or attention to respond.

Francesco Papalia, who said he has worked in real estate for more than three decades and has lived in Albany since 1987, addressed the council during public comment and asked members to review how the…

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