County Council Meeting - Essential Workers Housing Bill

Monday, November 20th, 7:00 p.m

At ACT’s 5^th Anniversary Action on November 2nd, County Councilmembers Smith, Hummer, and Rodvien joined us and expressed their support for the bill and maximizing home ownership opportunities. At the first hearing for the bill in front of the County Council on November 6th, ACT packed the chambers!

Join us at the second hearing on November 20th to push for the strongest version of the bill possible. We are calling on the Council to strengthen the bill in these ways:

• Increase the MPDU requirements to 15% for home ownership and 18-20% for rentals.
• Change the buyout fee to 3%
• Ensure that the square footage of the MPDU units do not have substandard appliances, plumbing and electrical fixtures and have required energy efficiencies.
• Do not exempt any future homeownership developments.

We encourage ACT members to wear your yellow t-shirts! Please let us know if you'd like to reserve one. Remember to arrive early to go through the secruity screening at the County Council building. A drivers license is required to enter, if this is a barrier to attend or if you have questions, please reach out to Katie Zinler, katie@actaaco.org.

Additional Information, contact Linda Hanifin Bonner or Bonnie Henderson. If you would like to testify or share your story, please reach out.