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Boston residents urge council to boost Acquisition Opportunity, city vouchers and community land trust funding
Summary
During the MOH budget hearing, community groups and residents urged the City Council to increase funding for the Acquisition Opportunity Program, expand the city rent subsidy (city voucher) program and provide recurring support for community land trusts.
A series of resident and advocacy speakers used the Committee on Ways and Means hearing to press the council for larger, recurring investments in housing preservation and subsidies.
Kathy Brown, director of the Boston Tenant Coalition, opened public testimony urging the council to expand the city subsidy program and make the Acquisition Opportunity Program (AOP) a permanent line item. ‘‘It's such a great program…asking to go to 16,300,000.0, a $4,000,000 increase,’’ Brown told the committee, and she recommended a $7,000,000 recurring AOP allocation and a small, ongoing community land trust (CLT)…
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