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Minutes - HCDE - 4-15-26 Dispositions — File 26-0656
City of Somerville,
Massachusetts
Housing, Community Development
and Equity Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
6:00 PM Committee Room and Remote Participation
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
This meeting was held in-person and virtually via Zoom and was called to order at 6:03 pm
by Chair Strezo and adjourned at 7:27 pm with a roll call vote of 2 in favor (Councilors Sait and
Strezo), none opposed, and one absent (Councilor Link).
Others present: Ellen Shachter - Office of Housing Stability Director, Yasmine Raddassi - Legislative
Liaison, Alanna Gaffny - Deputy Director of Housing, Shannon Lawler Fair Housing and Inclusionary
Housing Program Specialist and Delaney Fisher-Cassiol - Clerk of Committees
Roll Call
Ward Five City Councilor Naima Sait and City Councilor At Large
Kristen Strezo
Present:
City Councilor At Large Jon Link
Absent:
1.
Approval of the Minutes of the Housing, Community Development and
Equity Committee Meeting of January 28, 2026.
26-0260
Accepted
Ward Five City Councilor Sait and City Councilor At Large Strezo
Aye:
City Councilor At Large Link
Absent:
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the Housing, Community Development and
Equity Committee Meeting of March 4, 2026.
26-0374
Accepted
Ward Five City Councilor Sait and City Councilor At Large Strezo
Aye:
City Councilor At Large Link
Absent:
3.
That the Director of Office of Housing Stability discuss the current status
of residents facing displacement and the number of households seeking
rental assistance.
26-0050
Councilor Strezo
Sponsors:
Kept in committee
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Housing, Community Development and
Equity Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
April 15, 2026
4.
That the Director of Housing report to this Council how many new
housing units have been approved for development, year-by-year, since
adoption of SomerVision 2040, and of those numbers, how many are
permanently affordable, and how the department defines affordability.
26-0049
Councilor Strezo
Sponsors:
Recommended to be marked work completed
5.
Fair Housing Commission conveying the FY 2024 Annual Report
pursuant to Section 17-7 of the Code of Ordinances.
26-0141
Recommended to be marked work completed
Referenced Documents:
•
HCDE - 2026-04-15 Memo (with 26-0049)
•
HCDE - 2026-04-15 Memo (with 26-0050)
•
HCDE - 2024-04-15 Presentation (with 26-0141)
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