There is an Inclusionary Housing Board.
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The Board is comprised of the following 10 members:4 members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council in accordance with <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6">City Charter article IV, § 6</cite>; and
3 members nominated by the Council President, appointed by the Mayor, and confirmed by the City Council in accordance with <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6">City Charter Article IV, § 6</cite>;
the Housing Commissioner or the Housing Commissioner’s designee;
the Planning Director or the Planning Director’s designee; and
the Director of the Office of Equity and Civil Rights or the Director’s designee, who shall serve as a non-voting member of the Board.
Of the 4 members appointed by the Mayor:1 must be a for-profit developer with experience in public financing;
1 must be a lender or investor with experience in multi-family projects and public financing or a mixed income or multi-family developer;
1 must have experience in housing, community development, planning, social services, or public health; and
1 must be a renter earning an income at or below 60% AMI.
Of the 3 members nominated by the Council President:1 must be a for-profit multi-family developer that uses public financing, subsidies, or tax credits;
1 must be a nonprofit affordable housing developer; and
1 must be a renter earning an income at or below 60% AMI.
All of the members must be residents of the City.
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The Mayor designates 1 of the appointed members to be the Chair of the Board.
The Board may appoint a Vice-Chair and other officers as necessary or appropriate.
The members of the Board:serve without compensation; but
are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as provided in the Ordinance of Estimates.
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The Board meets on the call of the Chair as frequently as required to perform its duties.
A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
An affirmative vote of at least a majority of a quorum is needed for any official action.
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The Department of Housing and Community Development must provide staff for the Board.
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On or before December 31 of each year, the Commissioner must:submit a report to the Mayor and the City Council, the Board,and to the Planning Commission that assesses efforts during the preceding fiscal year to create and sustain inclusionary housing in the City;
post the report on the Department of Housing and Community Development’s website; and
file the report with the Department of Legislative Reference.
The report must include:the total number of new affordable units created under this subtitle for that year and cumulatively for moderate, low, very low, and extremely low income households;
for that year, the percent of new dwelling units created in the City that are affordable units for moderate, low, very low, and extremely low income households;
aggregated annual data provided under § 2B-24{“Annual report - Residential project.”} of this subtitle; and
attach the annual reports from the properties with new affordable units created under this subtitle.
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In addition to the other duties specified elsewhere in this subtitle, the Board is responsible for:
reviewing and providing comments on the regulations promulgated under <cite data-path="13|§2B-3">§ 2B-3 {“Rules and Regulations”}</cite> of this subtitle; and
reviewing and providing comments on inclusionary housing plans submitted by residential projects to the Board as required under <cite data-path="13|§2B-22">§ 2B-22 {“Inclusionary housing plan”}</cite> of this subtitle.
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