City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0269R

• File #: 11-0269R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - The Status of Affordable Housing in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 3/14/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Informational Hearing - The Status of Affordable Housing in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of requesting the Housing Commissioner to brief the City Council on the availability of affordable housing; the backlog of unfilled requests for affordable housing; the number of persons on waiting lists for Section 8 or public housing; and the impact of the possible decrease in CDBG funds on the Baltimore City affordable and public housing markets.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, President Young, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2011	0	Housing and Community Development Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/17/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/14/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
3/14/2011	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 Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - The Status of Affordable Housing in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of requesting the Housing Commissioner to brief the City Council on the availability of affordable housing; the backlog of unfilled requests for affordable housing; the number of persons on waiting lists for Section 8 or public housing; and the impact of the possible decrease in CDBG funds on the Baltimore City affordable and public housing markets.
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Recitals

The Baltimore Housing Annual Action Plan FFY 2010/CFY 2011: August 2010 states that activities undertaken with anticipated federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), or Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds must be consistent with the City’s five-year Consolidated Plan and address one or more of priority strategies, including:

· Provision of New Units of Affordable Housing – Assist extremely-, very- and low-income renter households by providing affordable rent housing, and assist extremely-, very- and low-renter households in becoming homeowners.

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City is “the fifth largest public housing authority in the country, with more than 1,000 employees and an annual budget of approximately $300 million. The agency currently serves over 20,000 res...