SomervilleMeetings

22-1761 Order Approved

That the Chief of Police work with the Office of Housing Stability to submit a written report answering the questions contained within.

Sponsor
Willie Burnley Jr.
Introduced
Oct 13, 2022
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
214433
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History

  1. Jan 26, 2023
    City Council Work completed · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.D.10.
  2. Jan 23, 2023
    Public Health and Public Safety Committee Recommended to be marked work completed Meeting agenda, item 12.
  3. Oct 13, 2022
    City Council Approved and sent for discussion · roll call: pass

    Public Health and Public Safety Committee

    Meeting agenda, item 11.6.

Official text

That the Chief of Police work with the Office of Housing Stability to submit a written report to this Council detailing (1) the number of fines issued under Somerville's nuisance control law in the last year, (2) how many of these, if any, were due to domestic violence situations, (3) how many times the "nuisance" statute was used as a justification for eviction in the available data, and (4) how many, if any, residents who were evicted as so-called "nuisances" were in unsafe household situations.