City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0047R

• File #: 08-0047R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Criminals - Revocation of Federally Subsidized Housing Assistance
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/2/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/27/2008
• Title: Informational Hearing - Criminals - Revocation of Federally Subsidized Housing Assistance FOR the purpose of requesting the Field Office Director, Baltimore Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, and the Baltimore City State’s Attorney to address the City Council on the status of intergovernmental and interagency collaborative efforts to keep federally subsidized housing free of persons who commit crimes, engage in criminal activity, or associate with criminals or persons with criminal intent.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Bill Henry, President Young, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Criminals, Housing, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2008	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
10/27/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
9/8/2008	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/5/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/5/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/5/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/2/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
6/2/2008	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: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Criminals - Revocation of Federally Subsidized Housing Assistance

FOR the purpose of requesting the Field Office Director, Baltimore Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, and the Baltimore City State’s Attorney to address the City Council on the status of intergovernmental and interagency collaborative efforts to keep federally subsidized housing free of persons who commit crimes, engage in criminal activity, or associate with criminals or persons with criminal intent.
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Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) is the federal government’s primary program to assist families in meeting their housing needs through publicly subsidized multifamily units. According to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) records, the program assists more than 1.3 million low- and very low-income households nationwide in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing in private accommodations. There are 9,144 project- based Section 8 units throughout the City.

The PBRA units are owned by private landlords and, for the most part, are not managed by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) that provides federally funded public housing programs and related servi...