City of Baltimore - File #: 20-0592

• File #: 20-0592
• Version: 0
• Name: Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed
• File created: 8/17/2020
• In control: Mayor
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Office to End Homelessness; declaring that the policy of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring; providing that the Office will be led by an Executive Director appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council; establishing the duties of the Office; requiring certain reports; establishing the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; providing for certain funding for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth the eligibility requirements for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; requiring that the Office adopt rules and regulations to administer the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; establishing procedures on a family’s admission into the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth certain programmatic functions for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program through tenant-ba...
• Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, John T. Bullock, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Kristerfer Burnett, Danielle McCray, Mayor Brandon M. Scott
• Indexes: Administration, Establishment, Homelessness, Housing, Program, Voucher

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed
11/16/2020	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
11/16/2020	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
11/16/2020	0	Housing and Urban Affairs Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
11/10/2020	0	Housing and Urban Affairs Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
10/19/2020	0	Housing and Urban Affairs Committee	Scheduled for Voting Session
10/19/2020	0	Housing and Urban Affairs Committee	Worksession
9/21/2020	0	Housing and Urban Affairs Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Housing Authority of Baltimore City
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Human Services
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of the Mayor
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
8/20/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
8/17/2020	0	City Council	Introduced
8/17/2020	0	City Council	Assigned

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* 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

Introduced by: Councilmember Dorsey
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Office to End Homelessness - Establishment, Administration, and Permanent Housing Voucher Program
For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Office to End Homelessness; declaring that the policy of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring; providing that the Office will be led by an Executive Director appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council; establishing the duties of the Office; requiring certain reports; establishing the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; providing for certain funding for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth the eligibility requirements for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; requiring that the Office adopt rules and regulations to administer the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; establishing procedures on a family’s admission into the Permanent Housing Voucher Program; setting forth certain programmatic functions for the Permanent Housing Voucher Program through tenant-based vouchers and project-based vouchers; providing for the termination of assistance under the Permanent Housing Voucher Program for certain enumerated reasons; providing for hearings for certain terminations and denials of assistance; establishing certain hearing procedures and the conduct of the hearings; repealing City Code...