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Philly City Council is considering mandatory funding to boost affordable and accessible housing

If lawmakers pass the bill, which would provide about $20 million annually to the Housing Trust Fund, Philadelphians will vote in November on whether to approve the budget allocation.

Councilmember Kendra Brooks, a co-sponsor of the bill to allocate annual funding for the Housing Trust Fund in the budget, last year participated in a rally by the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities outside City Hall.
Councilmember Kendra Brooks, a co-sponsor of the bill to allocate annual funding for the Housing Trust Fund in the budget, last year participated in a rally by the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities outside City Hall.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / File Photograph