City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0234R

• File #: 10-0234R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Action - Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Application Plan
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/22/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/22/2010
• Title: Request for State Action - Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Application Plan FOR the purpose of urging the Maryland CDA to refrain from committing to the significant policy change embodied in the proposed Qualified Action Plan Section 4.3.3 Housing in Communities with Indicators above Statewide or County Averages at this time, in order to allow for a full and open consideration of how this change would affect the ability of disadvantaged communities to fairly compete for Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Carl Stokes, President Young, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
11/22/2010	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
11/22/2010	0	City Council	Adopted

* 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 Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for State Action - Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Application Plan

FOR the purpose of urging the Maryland CDA to refrain from committing to the significant policy change embodied in the proposed Qualified Action Plan Section 4.3.3 Housing in Communities with Indicators above Statewide or County Averages at this time, in order to allow for a full and open consideration of how this change would affect the ability of disadvantaged communities to fairly compete for Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
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Recitals

The Baltimore City Council has long recognized the need for affordable housing in Baltimore City and the invaluable role which the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program plays in its development. Without LIHTC funding, revitalization in our communities would be most difficult, if not impossible. Ensuring that projects in Baltimore have a fair opportunity to compete on a level playing field for LIHTC funding is therefore essential.

CDA’s current Qualified Application Plan (QAP) embodies this level playing field in a competitive balance in which all areas of the state have a fair chance to compete for funding. It has come to this Council’s attention, however, that CDA has very recently proposed adding to the QAP Section 4.3.3 Housing in Communitie...