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Committee backs MOHCD authority to collect penalties for affordable‑housing violations
Summary
The committee heard a Planning/MOHCD presentation and voted to move forward a planning‑code change that allows the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to collect fines and use proceeds for enforcement. Staff said the change is administrative, intended to streamline enforcement and fund staffing; the committee recorded a positive recommendation.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced an ordinance that would amend the planning code and administrative code to permit the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) to collect penalties and use proceeds in the Affordable Housing Enforcement Fund to support enforcement activities.
Sheila Nicholas (MOHCD) introduced the item and said the ordinance makes no substantive policy change to enforcement standards but addresses back‑office administration: MOHCD would be able to…
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