Baltimore City Council
File #: 16-0735    Version: 0 Name: Inclusionary and Affordable Housing Requirements - Increasing Program Participation
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 8/15/2016 In control: Housing and Community Development Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2016
Enactment #:
Title: Inclusionary and Affordable Housing Requirements - Increasing Program Participation For the purpose of expanding the City’s affordable and inclusionary housing programs; creating a Fair Housing Board to oversee the affordable and inclusionary housing programs; establishing the composition and duties of the Fair Housing Board; defining certain terms; expressing the intent of the City to fund the affordable housing program through the dedication of certain revenue; creating a Baltimore City Affordable Housing Fund; establishing the allowable uses of the Baltimore City Affordable Housing Fund; reducing the number and variety of affordable units that must be provided by developers receiving major public subsidies; eliminating the City’s obligation to reimburse developers for the costs of compliance with inclusionary housing requirements; eliminating the Inclusionary Housing Board; changing the inclusionary housing requirements applicable to publically subsidized developments providing 30 o...
Sponsors: Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Carl Stokes
Indexes: Affordable Housing, Inclusionary, Increases, Participation, Program, Requirement
Attachments: 1. Planning 16-0735, 2. 16-0735~1st Reader, 3. Finance 16-0735, 4. BDC 16-0735, 5. HCD 16-0735, 6. Law 16-0735
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
9/12/20160 City Council Re-referred to Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/20160 Housing and Community Development Committee Recommended Favorably with Amendment  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/8/20160 Housing and Community Development Committee Recommended Favorably with AmendmentPass Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to Inclusionary Housing Board  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Planning  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Finance  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to City Solicitor  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/18/20160 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/15/20160 City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/15/20160 Housing and Community Development Committee Worksession  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/15/20160 Housing and Community Development Committee Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/15/20160 City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available

Introduced by: Councilmembers Henry and Clarke

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Inclusionary and Affordable Housing Requirements - Increasing Program Participation
For the purpose of expanding the City’s affordable and inclusionary housing programs; creating a Fair Housing Board to oversee the affordable and inclusionary housing programs; establishing the composition and duties of the Fair Housing Board; defining certain terms; expressing the intent of the City to fund the affordable housing program through the dedication of certain revenue; creating a Baltimore City Affordable Housing Fund; establishing the allowable uses of the Baltimore City Affordable Housing Fund; reducing the number and variety of affordable units that must be provided by developers receiving major public subsidies; eliminating the City’s obligation to reimburse developers for the costs of compliance with inclusionary housing requirements; eliminating the Inclusionary Housing Board; changing the inclusionary housing requirements applicable to publically subsidized developments providing 30 or more residential units; establishing an offset fee that developers can pay in lieu of building affordable housing units under certain circumstances; repealing certain inclusionary housing requirements for developments that do not receive major public subsidies; eliminating a developer’s option to substitute off-site inclusionary housing units for on-site units under certain circumstances; extending the period of time for which affordable housing units provided under the inclusionary housing law must remain affordable from 30 to 40 years; specifying that the requirements of this Ordinance apply to qualifying projects not yet approved by the Planning Department’s ...

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