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WRITTEN MOTION - HUD SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING RULES

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34. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, that letters of support be sent to our Federal delegation, Senators Markey, Warren and Congressman Keating, requesting that the HUD’s Senior Citizens Housing Rules be reviewed and reverse the current practice of allowing mix-use in Senior Housing, other than 65 and over, and Citizens with disabilities; this request is on behalf of our local Senior population that have been put into a housing situation that is unsafe and detrimental to their quality of life; and further that a letter be sent to HUD’s Boston Regional Office requesting, a meeting with the Council’s Committee on Appointments and Briefings to discuss the Senior housing situation along with testimony from New Bedford’s Senior Citizen population regarding their quality of life and living standards.  (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefing, and Waiving Rule 40.)



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