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SB 859

EnactedCrossfile HB 1239
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Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment

Sponsor: Antonio Hayes (District 40)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 703 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to make financial assistance available to affordable housing developers working in low-income census tracts in order to help close appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods; requiring the Department to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the funding for census tracts with a majority racial minority population; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVRoth-Gormley, ShanaCommunity Law CenterPosition only
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVJones, BreeParity HomesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCloskey, SeanReBUILD MetroOral
FAVHayes, AntonioIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMiicke , SarahlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMoore, WesIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hayes, Senator HayeslegislatorIndividualOral
FWAHansen, JoAnnHabitat for Humanity ChoptankWritten (PDF)
FWAWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOWilkins, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.
FAVMiicke , SarahRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council