Int 0571-2024
Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
Last updated 3/9/2026·Introduced 3/7/2024
DSponsor
Oswald J. FelizSummary
This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to publish a study on the feasibility of building affordable housing on Wards Island. The study would assess such factors as cost, restrictions on permissible land use, and provision of services and amenities to Wards Island, and would include policy recommendations relating to building affordable housing on Wards Island. The study would be due no later than July 1, 2027.
Committee
Committee on Housing and BuildingsEnacted
1/17/2026
Approved by Council
48
Yea
0
Nay
3
Absent
Co-Sponsors (13)
Bill History (12)
Voting Records (51)— Approved by Council
Meetings & Hearings
4Committee on Housing and Buildings
WatchDecember 18, 2025
Hearing Held by Committee · Amendment Proposed by Comm · Amended by Committee · Approved by Committee
City Council
December 18, 2025
Approved by Council
Committee on Housing and Buildings
WatchJune 3, 2025
Hearing Held by Committee · Laid Over by Committee
City Council
WatchMarch 7, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council











