That the Housing Committee Co-Chairs, in collaboration with the City Manager’s Office and the Office of the Mayor, be and hereby are requested to reach out to their counterparts in Boston and Somerville to convene a region-wide discussion about the affordable housing crisis

City of Cambridge O-11 IN CITY COUNCIL November 19, 2018 COUNCILLOR SIMMONS WHEREAS: Over the course of the past decade, the City Council has increasingly been directing its energies on how to adequately address the housing affordability crisis that has been so prevalent and negatively impacted so many in our community; and WHEREAS: While no one single solution for this housing crisis has been determined, there is widespread agreement that this is not merely a Cambridge issue, and is instead an issue that is impacting the larger Greater Boston region; and WHEREAS: As this is an issue that is having a significant impact upon housing options in Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville in particular, it would be helpful to convene a regional discussion with the City of Boston and the City of Somerville about how to more effectively work together to address this region-wide housing affordability crisis; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the Housing Committee Co-Chairs, in collaboration with the City Manager’s Office and the Office of the Mayor, be and hereby are requested to reach out to their counterparts in Boston and Somerville to convene a region-wide discussion about the affordable housing crisis, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely manner.