Let’s start off this edition of The Collins Council Report with a warm welcome back to all council members, staffers, lobbyists, activists and the like.

Since the last edition , and the council recess that followed, the council went from a 12-person legislative body to 13. The council also made some movement on the RENTAL Act and the Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Act.

Council members, along with their constituents, had to also weather the storm of an intrusive Trump administration and federal agencies.

Those events have set the stage for a Sept. 17 legislative meeting that allowed room — and a lot of time — to delve into housing insecurity, the Washington Commanders’ return to RFK campus, and policing and youth affairs.

Also looming large was the fallout from votes on the H

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