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Council approves motion to create centralized searchable database of affordable housing units
Summary
The council voted to direct the Department of Housing to create a centralized, searchable online database of affordable and incentive-generated units; the motion passed with 12 affirmative votes in the provided transcript excerpt.
A councilmember introduced and the council approved a motion directing the Department of Housing to create a centralized, searchable database of affordable housing units and the qualifications and application instructions for those units. The motion passed with 12 affirmative votes recorded in the transcript.
“...el departamento de vivienda crea un un un sistema centralizado que permita a la gente que califica para vivienda accesible buscar para en todas las viviendas disponibles en un solo lugar,” the councilmember said when presenting the item, describing existing limitations in how the city currently lists affordable units.
The presenter framed the database as a tool to increase transparency and access to units produced under incentive programs such as TOC. The record notes a 2016 agreement created a registry of affordable units but said that registry is not presented as a searchable, online database listing individual available units and application instructions. The motion asked the housing department to compile units, list qualifications and explain how to apply.
Vote: the transcript records “12 afirmativos” immediately after the council closed the public-comment list and the vote, indicating the motion passed unanimously among the members present for that vote.
