Council Member, District 3· 2026-01-01 to 2030-01 (month-level start: January 2026; month-level end: January 2030, four-year term)
Scott Benson
Detroit
About
Scott Benson's campaign platform focuses heavily on economic development and community improvement in northeast Detroit, with key priorities centered on job creation and the enhancement of local infrastructure.
Campaign promises (1)
- infrastructureScott Benson campaigned to bring more jobs and better infrastructure to northeast Detroit.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 89
- Total speaking time
- 13:00:27
- Avg per meeting
- 8:46
- Segments
- 10759
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Top issues during term (5)(Housing)
Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Certificate for Cameron Street Affordable Housing
A $650K Corktown home costs about $6,000/year with an NEZ versus $21,000 without it.
Tenant Rights and Right to Renew Legislation
Null
Pre-sale home inspection ordinance
Would add inspection requirements and potential costs to home sales transactions.
Leland House Emergency Restoration and Tenant Relocation
The relocation plan will cost Detroiters roughly $850,000, which the city hopes to recover as a secured creditor in the owner's bankruptcy.
Leland House resident lockout
City spending of about $300,000 on the two contracts, with a $900K claim pending in bankruptcy court.
Decisions during term (36)
Recorded while Benson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Zoning Reform for Affordable Housing Resolution (8.2)
Unfinished Business 8.1 — Affordable housing zoning reform resolution
9.9 — Leland/RealToken/Martin Luther King Park housing memo response
9.24 — Federal affordable housing changes memo
Receive and File Status Report on In-Housing Media Buying Services
Whitfield-Calloway, reso. autho. Contract No. 6007176 A2 - AMEND 2 - Legal Representation to Covered Individuals in Jeopardy of Losing Their Housing and/or Housing Subsidy or Voucher
Young, reso. autho. Resolution Supporting Zoning Reform to Support Strategic Density and Remove Barriers to The Construction of Affordable Housing
Submitting reso. autho. 1. Contract 6008056.pdf Contract No. 6008056 - 100% GHIB Funding – To Provide Housing Rehab at 1551 St. Anne Street.
In-housing media buying questions memo (5.3)
8.3 Good Faith in Housing ordinance request
Waters housing memorandum (7.3) — bring back date TBD
Good Faith in Housing ordinance request (7.4) — bring back in one week
Contract 6006579-A4 — Detroit Housing Resource Help Line (8.1)
Walk-on: Detroit Housing Resource Help Line extension
6.25 Good Faith Housing Ordinance report
Good Faith in Housing ordinance request (Council Member Waters)
Good Faith in Housing Ordinance.
Good Faith in Housing ordinance request — bring back in 1 week
Housing issues update (Leland, RealToken, MLK Park) — bring back in 2 weeks
Media buying in-housing questions (Item 5.2)
Voting record (0)(Housing)
No votes found matching Housing.