City of Baltimore - File #: 21-0004

• File #: 21-0004
• Version: 0
• Name: Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 1/11/2021
• In control: Economic and Community Development
• Title: Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Office to End Homelessness; declaring that the policy of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring; providing that the Office will be led by an Executive Director appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council; establishing the duties of the Office; requiring certain reports; establishing the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; providing for certain funding for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth the eligibility requirements for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; requiring that the Office adopt rules and regulations to administer the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; establishing procedures on a family’s admission into the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth certain programmatic functions for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program through tenant-ba...
• Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray, Phylicia Porter, John T. Bullock, James Torrence, Antonio Glover
• Indexes: Administration, Establishment, Homelessness, Program, Voucher

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/25/2021	0	Economic and Community Development	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
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 Homeless Services Program
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Police Department
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
1/14/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
1/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
1/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* 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

Introduced by: Councilmembers Dorsey, Burnett, Cohen
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program
For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Office to End Homelessness; declaring that the policy of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring; providing that the Office will be led by an Executive Director appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council; establishing the duties of the Office; requiring certain reports; establishing the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; providing for certain funding for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth the eligibility requirements for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; requiring that the Office adopt rules and regulations to administer the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; establishing procedures on a family’s admission into the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth certain programmatic functions for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program through tenant-based vouchers and project-based vouchers; providing for the termination of assistance under the Permanent Housing Voucher Program for certain enumerated reasons; providing for hearings for certain terminations and denials of assistance; establishing certain hearing procedures and the conduct of the hearings; repealing City Code Article 1...