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Developer tells council a three‑month permit delay cost $21,000 and nearly sank a rehab project
Summary
A small Baltimore developer testified the city—s permit delay turned a promising four‑unit rehab into an unsustainable project, citing a three‑month use‑and‑occupancy delay that produced $21,000 in direct costs and over $40,000 including lost rent.
At the Housing & Economic Development Committee hearing on Feb. 10, guest witness Hassan Thamer, representing HF2 Properties, described a completed conversion of a dilapidated single‑family house into a four‑unit apartment in the Hampden neighborhood and said permitting delays almost made the project untenable.
Thamer said his company applied for a use‑and‑occupancy permit on April 3 and did not receive approval until July 4. He described multiple, unclear hold‑ups in the Office of…
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