READ AND PASSED

This enacted bill provided for Philadelphia voters to decide on November 2, 2021, whether to amend the City’s Home Rule Charter to require a mandatory annual appropriation for the Housing Trust Fund. It also set the ballot question and directed city officials to publish notices and arrange the special election; the bill itself does not state whether voters approved the amendment.

Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a mandatory annual appropriation for the Housing Trust Fund, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.