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Special Committee on Affordable Housing and Homeless Affairs (2024)
Chair and 10 members. Committee votes are recommendations; the full council takes the final vote.
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Chair: Shane A. Burgo
Members: Joseph P. Lopes, Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, Naomi R. A. Carney, Leo Choquette, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Linda M. Morad, Shawn Oliver, Ryan J. Pereira
Meetings with posted minutes
At the start of each meeting: Burgo 10 of 10 · Lopes 2 of 3 · Abreu 5 of 7 · Baptiste 6 of 10 · Carney 6 of 7 · Choquette 2 of 3 · Giesta 10 of 10 · Gomes 5 of 7 · Morad 6 of 7 · Oliver 7 of 7 · Pereira 10 of 10
0 recorded votesAbsent: Derek Baptiste0 recorded votesAbsent: Derek Baptiste, Naomi R. A. Carney, Joseph P. Lopes0 recorded votesAbsent: Derek Baptiste, Leo Choquette0 recorded votesAbsent: Ian Abreu0 recorded votesAbsent: Brian K. Gomes0 recorded votesAbsent: Ian Abreu, Brian K. Gomes, Linda M. Morad0 recorded votesAbsent: Derek Baptiste2 recorded votesEveryone present0 recorded votesEveryone present0 recorded votesEveryone presentWhat the full council did with its recommendations
Items listed in the council minutes under “Special Committee on Affordable Housing and Homeless Affairs (2024) recommending.” Each shows the full council’s vote.
Mar 26, 2024: Report, Special Committee on Affordable Housing and Homeless Affairs, recommending that the City Council take “No Further Action” on the Written Motion, Councillors Lima…
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0426).”
Feb 22, 2024: Report, Special Committee on Affordable Housing & Homeless Affairs, recommending that the City Council explore by Ordinance the creation of a Homeless Crisis Coordinator…
NO FURTHER ACTION. (#1724b)
Oct 26, 2023: Report, Special Committee on Affordable Housing and Homeless Affairs, recommending that over the next 30 days that the City Council accept written letters, either…
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1783).”
May 25, 2023: Report, Special Committee on Affordable Housing and Homeless Affairs, recommending that the City Council take “No Further Action” on the Written Motion, Councillor Burgo,…
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0931).”
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0932).”
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0933).”
Oct 27, 2022: Report, Special Committee on Affordable Housing & Homeless Affairs, recommending that the City Council explore by Ordinance the creation of a Homeless Crisis Coordinator…
Recommendation Followed and Referred to the Committee on Ordinances. (#1724b)
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed and Referred to the Committee on Ordinances. (#1724b).”
Recommendation Followed
From the minutes
“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1729).”
From the official minutes kept by the New Bedford City Clerk (agendas and minutes). The minutes are text documents; we read every action, check every roll-call count against the councilors named, and quote the exact wording. Most items pass by voice vote, and the minutes record only the result for those; how each councilor voted is shown only for roll calls. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: cropped from the City of New Bedford's official 2026 City Council photo (newbedford-ma.gov). The 2024–2025 group photo, and the photos of Maria E. Giesta and Linda M. Morad cropped from it: City of New Bedford, provided by the City Clerk.
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