Community Preservation Fund Appropriation

At a glance

• What: Docket No. 1771 amends the Fiscal Year 2027 Community Preservation Fund appropriation to $47,265,655, reserved for future recommendation by the Community Preservation Committee and appropriation by the Council under the Community Preservation Act.
• Where it stands: passed 13-0 on suspension of the rules on September 23, 2026, on Pepén's motion.
• Amounts: $39,587,798 in originally approved FY27 revenue plus $7,677,857 in unused revenue from projects in earlier fiscal years.

Detail

• The order appropriates the money to be held for later recommendation by the Community Preservation Committee, so it funds no specific project yet.
• Separate from this is the Council's push to raise the share of Community Preservation Act money that goes to affordable housing: see Community Preservation Act Affordable Housing Allocation.

Sources

• September 23, 2026 City Council minutes: https://boston.legistar1.com/boston/meetings/2026/9/14248_M_City_Council_26-09-23_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
• 2026-09-23 - City Council

Log

2026-09-23 - City Council

Docket No. 1771 passed 13-0 under suspension of the rules (yeas: Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell). Video: Pepén said the unused portion came from projects under estimate or withdrawn; Flynn wanted a hearing first; Louijeune said the money stays restricted to the three CPA purposes.