Hearing on Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act recessed; voting session to be scheduled
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Baltimore City Council Housing & Economic Development Committee met May 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM (Virtual/Reeves Room). Attendance: James Torrence, Odette Ramos, Zac Blanchard, Antonio "Tony" Glover (present); Jermaine Jones (absent). The committee held a public hearing on Ordinance 25-0141 (Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act), which would update rental-licensing provisions, establish penalties, require registration information, direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations, create a registry of rental inspectors, prohibit actions based on actual or perceived immigration status, set grounds for license revocation, and establish a rental dwelling receivership process. The hearing was recessed and a voting session will be scheduled.
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- Public hearing on Ordinance 25-0141 (Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act) recessed.
- No vote taken on Ordinance 25-0141; a voting session will be scheduled at a later date.
- Attendance recorded: Present — James Torrence, Odette Ramos, Zac Blanchard, Antonio "Tony" Glover; Absent — Jermaine Jones.
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Housing & Economic Development Committee
25-0141 - Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act
Agenda
- ROLL CALL
- CALL TO ORDER
- THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- INTRODUCTIONS
- ATTENDANCE
- ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
- ADJOURNMENT
- Taxes – Property Tax – Vacant Lots and Vacant Structures FOR the purpose of amending the special real property tax rate for vacant and abandoned property to include vacant lots; establishing a subclass of real property of vacant lots and vacant structures; applying a special real property tax rate to the subclass of real property; requiring the provision of notice of the special real property tax rate; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations; requiring a certain annual report; defining certain terms; repealing certain sections of Ordinance 24-431 that ordained an abrogation date for the Ordinance; and generally relating to the special real property tax rate levied on vacant lots and vacant structures.
- Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act FOR the purpose of updating certain provisions regarding the licensing of rental dwellings; establishing certain penalties; requiring certain information be filed with a registration statement when applying for a rental dwelling license; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to promulgate certain regulations; creating a registry of rental inspectors; prohibiting certain actions based on actual or perceived immigration status; establishing certain grounds for the revocation of a rental dwelling license; establishing a process for rental dwelling receivership; making conforming changes; providing for the effective dates of this Ordinance; and generally relating to the enforcement of rental dwelling health and safety standards.
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