Request for a public hearing

Hold hearing on strategies to prevent homelessness among BPS students

Last activity March 12, 2026 (6 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    March 6, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

This matter requests a City Council hearing to discuss strategies to prevent homelessness for students in the Boston Public Schools. It highlights gaps in funding for the Emergency Homelessness Intervention Program and calls for exploring partnerships and policy options to support housing stability for students and their families.

Affects homeless students and families at risk of eviction

Filed by Brian Worrell, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Miniard Culpepper, Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Julia Mejia, Liz Breadon, and Benjamin Jacob Weber

Now with the Committee on Education

About Housing & Development and Health & Human Services

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Official title

Order for a hearing to discuss strategies to prevent homelessness among students in the Boston Public Schools.

Timeline

  1. March 11, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Weber, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Breadon and Mejia as original co-sponsors. Referred to the Committee on Education.