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Columbus council creates Division of Housing Stability, transfers funds and adopts emergency amendment
Summary
Columbus City Council voted to create a new Division of Housing Stability, reallocating and transferring general‑fund dollars and adding emergency authority so the office can begin work immediately to coordinate tenant protections and housing programs.
Columbus City Council on Monday approved an ordinance creating a Division of Housing Stability inside the city administration and moved and reallocated general‑fund dollars to stand up the new office immediately.
Council members amended the ordinance to declare an emergency before voting for final passage, a move supporters said was necessary to begin coordinating tenant protections and ongoing rental‑assistance operations without delay.
Council leaders said the new division will centralize tenant protections and housing supports the council and administration have pursued in recent years. The ordinance amends Columbus City Code and creates a new appropriation for the Division of Housing Stability, adds an initial Administration general‑fund appropriation of $657,400, reduces the Department of Development housing division…
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