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DHCD reports progress on HUD Voluntary Compliance Agreement and outlines fair-housing outreach
Summary
Baltimore County Department of Housing and Community Development told the Human Relations Commission the county has more approved hard units than the 2024 interim VCA goal and described testing, outreach, and data-tracking partnerships with Economic Action Maryland and the Equal Rights Center.
Sylvia Bolivar, deputy director of Baltimore County's Department of Housing and Community Development, and colleagues Milana Beyer and Megan Arellano presented the county's fair-housing work and Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) progress.
Milana Beyer explained that the VCA, an agreement between Baltimore County, HUD and named complainants focused on housing access, runs through March 2028 and sets interim and final targets for "hard units" (units approved for financing). She reported that the 2024 interim approved-unit goal was 970 and that the county has 1,102 units approved, while cautioning that approval is an early stage in the…
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