City of Baltimore - File #: 20-0217R

• File #: 20-0217R
• Version: 1
• Name: Informational Hearing -- Sanitization of Buildings under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program and HUD Regulatory Authority
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/11/2020
• In control: Health
• Final action: 9/21/2020
• Title: Informational Hearing -- Sanitization of Buildings under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program and HUD Regulatory Authority For the purpose of inviting the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and firms that co-own affordable housing with the Authority, under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, as well as the managers of multi-family housing units regulated by HUD, to report to the City Council regarding how common areas of the buildings in these programs are sanitized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Indexes: Assistance, Building, Informational Hearing, Rental, Sanitization

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2020	1	City Council	Adopted
9/21/2020	1	Health	Recommended Favorably
8/18/2020	0	Health	Recommended Favorably	Pass
7/27/2020	0	Health	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/14/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of General Services
5/14/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Housing Authority of Baltimore City
5/14/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
5/11/2020	0	City Council	Introduced
5/11/2020	0	City Council	Assigned

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing -- Sanitization of Buildings under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program and HUD Regulatory Authority
For the purpose of inviting the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and firms that co-own affordable housing with the Authority, under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, as well as the managers of multi-family housing units regulated by HUD, to report to the City Council regarding how common areas of the buildings in these programs are sanitized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Recitals

Whereas, Baltimore City residents are endangered by the COVID-19 virus;

Whereas, One way to prevent the spread of the virus is to frequently sanitize areas used by the public;

Whereas, The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program is a housing program that uses a public-private partnership model to renovate and maintain affordable housing;

Whereas, Under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City jointly owns buildings that are part of the program with private firms, and the joint owners of each building in the program are responsible for cleaning the common areas of the buildings;

Whereas, In addition to buildings that are jointly owned by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and private firms, there are multifamily housing developments regulated by HUD in Baltimore City that have managers who are required to clean the common areas of the buildings;

Whereas, Residents of these buildings are not being t...