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Boston City Council committee examines persistent housing voucher and race discrimination six years after landmark study.

Boston City Council hearing exposes Human Rights Commission as effectively defunct, with no staff or active commissioners for more than two years. The July 21 hearing on Docket 1237, chaired by Councilor Miniard Culpepper and co-sponsored by Councilors Edward M.

BOSTON — July 15, 2026 — Boston City Council committee advances $5.85 million for six school design projects, including Madison Park. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, held a July 15 virtual hearing on Docket 1311, a $5 million appropriation for a feasibility study

BOSTON — July 8, 2026 — Boston City Council approves $30 million for affordable housing and a $1 million anti-gang grant while rejecting a resolution to restore BPS jobs. At the July 8 meeting, Councillor Sharon Durkan led passage of Docket 0968, authorizing the Mayor's Office of Housing to

BOSTON — July 2, 2026 — Boston City Council committee advances $1 million anti-violence grant amid state funding cuts. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice held a virtual oversight hearing Thursday on Docket No. 0970, a $1,073,239 FY26 Shannon Community Safety Initiative grant from the Massachusetts Executive

BOSTON — June 29, 2026 — Boston City Council hearing spotlights indefinitely closed Blackstone pool and unfulfilled BCYF swim program promises. The Committee on Human Services held a virtual hearing June 29 on conditions and access at Boston Centers for Youth and Family pools, with Councilor Flynn calling for an independent engineering

BOSTON — June 25, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears testimony on $30 million affordable housing fund authorization. The City Council's committee hearing on Docket 0968, held June 25, convened with Committee Chair Councilor Durkin and Councilor Ed Flynn as the only members present to consider an order authorizing

BOSTON — June 24, 2026 — Boston City Council approves roughly $79 million in federal housing grants and a new inflation-linked senior property tax exemption at its June 24 session. The five U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants — covering homelessness services, affordable housing, community development, AIDS housing, and

BOSTON — June 17, 2026 — Boston City Council convenes brief session to receive mayor's amended FY2027 budget, debate delayed to June 24. The council met remotely on June 17 solely to assign a docket number to the mayor's modified annual appropriation and tax order — Docket 1222 — and

BOSTON — June 15, 2026 — Boston's Ways and Means Committee moved a senior property tax cost-of-living measure toward a floor vote scheduled for June 24. The committee, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, held a June 15 hearing on Docket 0697, which would have the city