City of Baltimore - File #: 21-0001R

• File #: 21-0001R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Affordable Housing Trust Fund
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/11/2021
• In control: Economic and Community Development
• Final action: 5/16/2022
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Affordable Housing Trust Fund For the purpose of inviting the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, relevant staff, and the Chair and other members of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Commission to provide an update on the status of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund including, but not limited to, information regarding revenue raised each year since passage of Ordinance 18-215, projects and initiatives funded so far, projects and initiatives in the pipeline to be funded, the spending plan, and ideas for improving the Fund.
• Sponsors: Odette Ramos, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Sharon Green Middleton, John T. Bullock, James Torrence, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover
• Indexes: Affordable Housing, Investigative Hearing, Trust Fund

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/16/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Adopted
5/16/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Recommended Favorably
5/3/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Recommended Favorably	Pass
4/25/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
1/25/2021	0	Economic and Community Development	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Housing Authority of Baltimore City
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
1/13/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
1/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced
1/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Ramos


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Affordable Housing Trust Fund
For the purpose of inviting the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, relevant staff, and the Chair and other members of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Commission to provide an update on the status of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund including, but not limited to, information regarding revenue raised each year since passage of Ordinance 18-215, projects and initiatives funded so far, projects and initiatives in the pipeline to be funded, the spending plan, and ideas for improving the Fund.
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Recitals

Whereas, The Baltimore City Affordable Housing Trust Fund was created through a charter amendment ballot initiative, which permitted the City Council to create funding sources by Ordinance and to place the resulting revenue in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund;

Whereas, In 2018, the City Council passed Ordinance 18-215, which identified the source of the Fund’s revenue, and Mayor Pugh agreed to increase that revenue incrementally with additional funds to eventually reach $20 million;

Whereas, The Affordable Housing Trust Fund Commission was appointed in 2018 and oversees the Fund; and

Whereas, The Department of Housing and Community Development administers the Fund.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of Baltimore, That th...