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SB 744

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Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Excess Real Property

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 337 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of Planning to provide a list of excess real property owned by the State to the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether any of the listed properties are suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; establishing the Rental Housing Fund; requiring the Comptroller to distribute $30,000,000 of income tax revenue from individuals to the Rental Housing Fund on or before June 30, 2022; etc.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 17FavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingPosition only
FAVGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVMay, LisalobbyistMaryland REALTORSWritten (PDF)
FAVKoravos, JoAnneMontgomery County Women's Democratic ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVCoale, TomlobbyistYIMBY MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLent, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWillems, MirandaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWillems, MirandaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFORobertson, EllenMaryland Department of General ServicesWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FAVMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors
FAVCoale, TomYIMBY MarylandRegistered for: Advantage Capital; Authorium; Baltimore Orioles; CI Renewables; City of Annapolis; Ecphora Capital
FAVGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake
FAVGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake