HB 472

Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding

Sponsor: Delegate LiermanCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute $5,000,000 to the Community Development Program Fund; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any money distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing certain provisions providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County	Oral
FAV	LAFFERTY, STEVE	Baltimore County	Position only
FAV	Olszewski, Jr., John	Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleb, George	Bon Secours	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson Randall, Claudia	Community Development Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Menzer, Amy	Dundalk Renaissance Corp	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Rick	Eastside CDC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Posko, Mike	Habitat Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Proestel, Stephanie	Housing Initiative Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hurley, Donna	Housing Options Planning Enterprises	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clapsaddle, Mary	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Benzing, Chris	MRDC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mitchell, Susan	Md Realtors	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cammack-Spencer, Doris	SMMCOCFDN	Written (PDF)
FAV	Snyder, Kari	Southeast CDC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seipp, Michael	Southwest 7	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Joab, Gerard	St. Ambrose	Written (PDF)
FAV	Greene, Kenneth	St.Ambrose	Position only
FAV	Delegate Lierman, Delegate Liermanlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	wilkins, barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

Baltimore CountyFAV 3

Bon SecoursFAV 1

Community Development NetworkFAV 1

Dundalk Renaissance CorpFAV 1

Eastside CDCFAV 1

Habitat ChesapeakeFAV 1

Housing Initiative PartnershipFAV 1

Housing Options Planning EnterprisesFAV 1

Johns HopkinsFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

Md RealtorsFAV 1

MRDCFAV 1

SMMCOCFDNFAV 1

Southeast CDCFAV 1

Southwest 7FAV 1

St. AmbroseFAV 1

St.AmbroseFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits