Asked the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to compile a list of single family homes which could be purchased by the Affordable Housing Trust and converted to Single Room Occupancies or Housing Cooperatives

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Department of Community Development to compile a list of single-family homes available on the market in Residential A1, A2, and B zones; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor to draft zoning language with the intent to provide a provision for the conversion of these single-family homes into single-room occupancy units and/or co-ops; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Affordable Housing Trust to aggressively bid on these properties; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Executive Director of the Cambridge Housing Authority and the Department of Housing and Community Development on what grants could be utilized to purchase these buildings; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to further confer with the Executive Director of Cambridge Housing Authority on the feasibility of providing project based housing vouchers for these units and compiling a list of non-profits that the Cambridge Housing Authority could rent to; and be it further ORDERED: That this matter be referred to the Housing Committee.