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Housing and Community Development - Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program Eligibility - Alterations

Sponsor: Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 234 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Including the Department of Housing and Community Development in the definition of 'public housing agency' for the purposes of the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program; authorizing a public housing agency to administer the Program in accordance with a local administrative plan; authorizing the Department to project-base up to 100% of its authorized voucher units; altering the manner in which the Department and each public housing agency shall prioritize vouchers and housing assistance payments for certain families; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDay, JakeDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDay, JakeDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHare, GregoryDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral
FAVHare, GregoryDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral
FAVShah, ZafarMaryland Legal AidWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Environment and Transportation Committee, Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Environment and Transportation Committee, Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeIndividualOral
UNFWieland, TomRitchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.Written (PDF)
FWAHypolite, CrystalHousing Authority of Baltimore CityWritten (PDF)
FWASWASC, UMSocial Work Advocates for Social ChangeWritten (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAHill, MattIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAGreenfield, 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