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Committee hears follow‑up questions on MN overlay amendment, including program delivery capacity
Summary
During testimony on bill 250291 to change MN overlay eligibility, councilmembers asked the Planning Commission to provide further details about how expanded eligibility would interact with existing program backlogs in appraisals and contractor availability.
Councilmembers used the public hearing on bill 250291 to press planning staff for operational details about expanding eligibility for deed‑restricted homeownership programs to households up to 100% AMI.
Councilmember Curtis Jones said he supported the goal of expanding access but asked, "how do we plan to address the backlogs that we currently have in some of those service delivery programs?" Paula Brumbelow Burns of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission replied that those operational functions rest with the Department of Planning and Development and that the Planning Commission staff would obtain the information and have someone follow up with council offices.
Councilmember Gauthier, sponsor of the bill, said the change is intended to help people who are just over current program income thresholds and described the proposal as "long overdue." No committee vote was taken and staff committed to provide further administrative detail to council offices.
