City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0122R

• File #: 09-0122R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/23/2009
• In control: Public Safety and Health Committee
• Final action: 8/10/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - The Housing Authority of Baltimore City FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) to report to the City Council on the physical condition, public safety, and availability of HABC housing in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: President Young, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, Belinda Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: HABC, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/10/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
8/10/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
6/8/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/26/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - The Housing Authority of Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) to report to the City Council on the physical condition, public safety, and availability of HABC housing in Baltimore City.
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HABC was established in 1937 to provide federally-funded public housing programs and related services to low-income residents. It is the 5th largest public housing authority in the country, with an annual budget of approximately $300 million, and provides services to over 20,000 residents in more than 10,000 units. HABC’s inventory includes 28 family developments, 17 mixed population buildings, 2 senior buildings and scattered sites throughout the City. The voucher program provides an additional 12,000 families with rental housing subsidies each year.

Over the years the City Council has monitored conditions of public housing to make certain that it is properly maintained and that the residents are receiving services mandated by the federal government. In 2001, the Council requested the Commissioner of Housing to report on the status of boarded-up and dilapidated public housing. That same year a report on the approximately 9,664 Section 8 rental units under lease and 5,384 unoccupied units was requested.

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