Boston City Council Unanimously Passes $3.35 Million Federal Homelessness Grant

Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip6302 · Meeting of July 22, 2026

Boston City Council passes $3.35 million homelessness grant but holds off on mayor's tenant notification bill. The council voted unanimously Wednesday to pass Docket 0817, a $3,348,669 Emergency Solutions Grant COVID-19 Supplemental from HUD — the second CARES Act allocation for homelessness services — after Councilor Lydia Edwards, chair of the Committee on Government Operations, urged passage before a potential second COVID wave and the onset of winter, citing a cumulative program total of $23.3 million. The council also unanimously cleared a $55,000 No Kids Hungry Campaign grant for school food security specialists.

Edwards declined to suspend the rules for same-day passage of the mayor's Housing Stability Notification Act, warning that the bill — which would require landlords to file notices to quit with the Office of Housing Stability — "is the beginning, not the end" and will not stop evictions when the state moratorium lifts October 17; she set a target of October 21 for a more comprehensive vote. Councilor Wu added that millions in the city's rental relief fund remain unspent and that the administration has rejected property-tax deferral tools that could offer deeper relief.

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Source: the Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip6302 meeting of July 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.