And I will say against stubborn forces and money interest, and she has not laid down.

Um, and so I want to give you credit and uh publicly commit to getting this to the finish line.

Um so I want to just say that, and um, in terms of IM six, I also support this ordinance.

I'm excited about it, and as many have already shared, I believe the way we get out of this housing crisis is through a three-pronged approach, increased supply, uh, stabilization, and subsidy.

And this um here meets the last one, and I think we've already begun the first, and so I look forward to really also making a serious effort on the second.

Thank you.

Thank you, Counselor.

Further discussion on items six through ten.

Councilman Concomps.

Thank you, Madam President.

I just want to thank my colleagues for their support on this particular ordinance.

I just really appreciate it.

Every comment that has been made has been uh just super helpful to this discussion.

I think this is going to be an ongoing discussion that we have as a body, and I know we're all gonna hopefully operate in good faith as we talk about everything that is before us, and uh just want to say thank you uh for your help and your your sponsorship and your support.

We know that people need immediate relief, they need that relief right now, and so that is what this uh problem is is trying to solve, and um it's gonna go to the people who again need it the most, direct subsidy uh with priority of people between 60 to 80 percent of AMI if they've got that utility bill or uh they've got an emergency payment that they need to make in order to stay in their homes and to prevent people from being displaced.

And then for number seven, I just want to say thank you to Councillor Peterson.

I know that in my neighborhood, um councillor Peterson is a star uh because well, no, seriously, uh, and and and I would say the reason is is because she's really taken the bull by the horns as it relates to these student housing priorities, and I know we've got a lot of work to do all along those lines, and she's been I would say arguably this entire term the preeminent champion of student housing policy, and we sometimes won't always agree, we might agree to disagree.

I think that's a part of the the the process, but I will say that everything that she has put forth uh related to student housing um has been uh really thought out and and well intentioned, and she's been working tirelessly this entire term to try to get some of these pieces of legislation passed.

So I'm just here to be on the record to say this on the record.

Um I hope that as a body we truly truly help counselor Peterson advance some of these things that have been a priority since the beginning of this term.

We're now in year four.

I don't think that in a perfect world, I was there too in my first term where I was so ambitious and I wanted to get everything done, and sometimes that's not possible, but I really really hope, hope that some of the ordinances that she has proposed, we will get across the finish line before this term is up, and we help you know deliver on those important priorities and promises she has made to her constituents, but also their important uh priorities for other neighborhoods across the city, including mine.

So I just want to say thank you, Counselor Peterson, uh, and I look forward to continuing to work with you on the ordinances that you have put forward.

Thank you.

Thank you for the discussion, six through ten.

Uh Councilman Faragas, and then we're all very polite tonight.

Deputy Majority Leader Harris.

I usually stand because I know my colleagues always say things so well, and they always say exactly what's in my heart.

But I have to stand right now because I want um to reflect back on the first time that I walked into this building and with the heart around housing, and really bringing that into the council to really for us to advocate and to make it a priority to make it a part of our legislation to be engaged in housing and understanding how we can move housing better.

I am feeling really good about what has happened, especially within this administration and within this period of time around how much the city has invested and thought, thought clearly about how do we move, how do we make sure that people are staying in their homes?

How do we make sure that the homeless are not freezing and dying because they have no shelter?

And also, how do we start to really really attack these things?

Um, these different things that for years, for years and years, politicians have been kicking it down the road as if it was not important.

We are in this problem, housing crisis, because nobody wanted to take it on.

Of course, we're gonna have different opinions, of course we're gonna see things differently, of course, because it's a big thing, and not too many people have been able to deal with it.

But I want to say how proud I am of my colleagues and the people I've been serving with because you took it on, it's serious, it's a part of our legislation, it's a part of what we are trying to do for the city, and a part of keeping people in their home.

And I can't say how happy I am as I lead the council that this is going to be left in really great hands, and councilwoman Peterson, yours is the toughest between Airbnbs and student housing.

We gotta figure it out because families need homes too, and we need to keep creating families.

And how can you create families?

How do you have families if you have no home for them?

So thank you for allowing me to say that for my colleagues.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Councilman Vergusman water.

It's only yeah.

Yes, please.

Wow.

Hello, everybody.

I'm glad that we hear together.

For the um ordinance six, I always give it a little read for the Providence Rhode Island.

I say probably in Rhode Island because it's not for the whole state, it's only for the Providence.

Give me a little hope.

That's why I say hope.

Can you apply for that?

And also what can qualify for this um that Monica, we can give it, we receive and we give it back.

That's what we need.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Councilman Vargas.

Thank you, Madam President.