Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing Development Credit Program
Sponsor: Delegate Barnes, D.Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Establishing the Affordable Housing Development Credit Program within the Division of Development Finance of the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain owners of certain low-income housing projects certain tax credits for a certain number of years; authorizing an owner or a developer of a low-income housing project to submit a certain application to the Department to enroll in the Program on or after July 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2023; etc.
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Testimony (19)
MGA witness listFAV 13FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Sorrell, Ruth | Advantage Capital | Position only |
| FAV | Scott, Brandon | Baltimore City Council President | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Garagiola, Rob | Compass Government Relations | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stern, Rachel | InState | Position only |
| FAV | Stern, Rachel | Instate Partners | Position only |
| FAV | Bennett, Vincent | McCormack, Baron, Salazar | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Samman, Amy | MoCo | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nigam, Aseem | MoCo Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Barnes, D., Delegate Barnes, D.legislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Firefighters of MD, Proffesional | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | MD, MD Dept of Budget and Management | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Office of Intergovernment Relations, Montgomery County | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stern, Rachel | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Graf, Lorilobbyist | Maryland Building Industry Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | darden, miranda | Maryland affordable housing coalition | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | ebner, kathy | homes for america | Position only |
| UNF | siegel, peter | landex development | Position only |
| INFO | Pickels, Hunter | MD DHCD | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Wilkins, Barbara | Individual | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Advantage CapitalFAV 1
homes for americaUNF 1
InStateFAV 1
Instate PartnersFAV 1
landex developmentUNF 1
MD DHCDINFO 1
MoCoFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association