City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0308R

• File #: 07-0308R
• Version: 0
• Name: Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative - Community Restoration Grant Program
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/11/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/16/2007
• Title: Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative - Community Restoration Grant Program FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development and the President of Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc., to cooperatively develop a Community Restoration Grant Program to make funds immediately available to Healthy Neighborhoods Rehabilitation Loan recipients to support increased opportunities for renovation of owner-occupied properties in Healthy Neighborhoods and to promote maintaining and increasing the City's supply of affordable housing.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Kenneth Harris, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Belinda Conaway, Vernon E. Crider, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Keiffer Mitchell, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Healthy Neighborhoods, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/16/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
7/16/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
6/14/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/14/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/11/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
6/11/2007	0	City Council	Assigned
6/11/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* 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
Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative - Community Restoration Grant Program

FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development and the President of Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc., to cooperatively develop a Community Restoration Grant Program to make funds immediately available to Healthy Neighborhoods Rehabilitation Loan recipients to support increased opportunities for renovation of owner-occupied properties in Healthy Neighborhoods and to promote maintaining and increasing the City's supply of affordable housing.
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The City of Baltimore is promoting strategic investment in strong but undervalued neighborhoods including Belair Edison, Charles Village, Ednor Gardens/Lakeside, Garwyn Oaks/Hanlon, Midtown, Neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville, Patterson Park, Reservoir Hill, Southeast Baltimore, and Greater Mondawin. The Community Restoration Grant Program will provide additional incentives to increase the stability and livability of these neighborhoods, including special purchase-rehab mortgages and home improvement loans. These incentives will be made available to persons purchasing and rehabilitating properties within these neighborhoods.

The Office of Home Ownership, within the Department of Housing, promotes Healthy Neighborhoods Initiatives. Its programs, available to all p...