City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0019R

• File #: 08-0019R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Restoration of Federal Funding to the HOPE VI Program
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/25/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/25/2008
• Title: The Restoration of Federal Funding to the HOPE VI Program FOR the purpose of expressing support for the restoration of funding to the HOPE VI program, and calling upon the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 110th Congress to secure such funding.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, President Young, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: HOPE VI Program, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
2/11/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/11/2008	0	City Council	Postponed until date certain

* 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 Kraft

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
The Restoration of Federal Funding to the HOPE VI Program

FOR the purpose of expressing support for the restoration of funding to the HOPE VI program, and calling upon the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 110th Congress to secure such funding.
Body
Recitals

The fiscal year 2009 budget released by President Bush removes all funding for the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) VI program, a program that has been crucial to the revitalization of Baltimore City. This program was funded at $100 million in fiscal year 2008.
The proposed budget, which totals a record $3.1 trillion, would reduce overall funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 12.8%.

Since its inception, HOPE VI has proven to be an important tool in decreasing the isolation of low-income families in distressed neighborhoods. In Baltimore alone, HOPE VI funds have been used for the creation of numerous mixed-income developments, including Pleasant View Gardens, the Townes at the Terraces, Heritage Crossing, Broadway Overlook, and Albemarle Square. Loss of funding could interrupt development projects already underway, such as Albemarle Square, undermining the possibility of success for these projects and weakening their neighboring communities.

These funds have also enabled the demolition of the City's m...