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Bills/2023 Regular Session

HB 826

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Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program – Establishment

Sponsor: Jheanelle K. Wilkins (District 20)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program; requiring the Department and public housing agencies to administer the State Program; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill $10,000,000 for the State Program; etc.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMesfun, FionaBaltimore Regional Housing PartnershipOral
FAVStoica, IoanalobbyistJob Opportunities Task ForceWritten (PDF)
FAVAgarin, UfuomaLegislative Black CaucusWritten (PDF)
FAVJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Position only
FAVAhart, JessiMaryland Communities UnitedPosition only
FAVCountess, GregoryMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVBogdan, HenrylobbyistMaryland NonprofitsPosition only
FAVJefferson , StaceylobbyistMarylanders Against PovertyWritten (PDF)
FAVBealore, LaurenlobbyistProsperity NowWritten (PDF)
FAVHoward, KatherinelobbyistRegional Management, Inc.Oral
FAVCastelli, WilliamlobbyistRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Wilkins, Delegate WilkinslegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilkins, JheanelleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FWAWashington, RyanlobbyistApartment and Office Building AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FWASarro, LisaArundel Community Development Services, Inc.Written (PDF)
FWAGreenberg, JoshuaBaltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FWAPrater, DavidDisability Rights MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FWAAndrews, ChelseaHousing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery CountyOral + Written (PDF)
FWABasehart, SarahIndependence NowOral
FWAWillems, MirandaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOHypolite, CrystalHousing Authority of Baltimore CityWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Apartment and Office Building AssociationFWA 1
Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.FWA 1
Baltimore CountyFWA 1
Baltimore Regional Housing PartnershipFAV 1
Concerned CitizenUNF 1
Disability Rights MarylandFWA 1
Housing Authority of Baltimore CityINFO 1
Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery CountyFWA 1
Independence NowFWA 1
Job Opportunities Task ForceFAV 1
Legislative Black CaucusFAV 1
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FAV 1
Maryland Communities UnitedFAV 1
Maryland Legal AidFAV 1
Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1
Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1
Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1
Prosperity NowFAV 1
Regional Management, Inc.FAV 1
Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVStoica, IoanaJob Opportunities Task ForceRegistered for: Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF); Jews United for Justice
FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits
FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore
FAVBealore, LaurenProsperity NowRegistered for: Prosperity Now
FAVHoward, KatherineRegional Management, Inc.Registered for: Regional Management Inc
FAVCastelli, WilliamRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company…
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…
FWAWashington, RyanApartment and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: AOBA; National Apartment Association; Apartment & Office Building Association