- Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- HOME Program
- Inclusionary Housing
- Affordable Housing PILOTs
- Affordable Housing Inventory
DHCD envisions a city of thriving neighborhoods with housing opportunities for people of all income levels in a wide variety of communities. To support this vision, the Office of Project Finance provides funding for the production of rental and for-sale housing opportunities in order to create decent, safe, and affordable housing for the citizens of Baltimore City.
DHCD coordinates several programs that provide funding to developers committed to providing affordable housing in Baltimore City:
The HOME Program provides rental and homeownership opportunities to low and very-low-income persons and families (as those terms are defined in the HOME Program regulations at 24 CFR Part 92) by increasing the stock of decent, safe, and sanitary affordable housing.
CDBG, one of the Department of Housing and Community Development’s (DHCD) greatest success stories, is a HUD program designed to give local jurisdictions power to distribute federal funds directly to non-profit and public agencies that support housing and public-service programs. DHCD is the authorized representative for the City of Baltimore regarding the oversight and management of the CDBG Program.
The LIHTC program gives State and local LIHTC-allocating agencies the authority to issue tax credits for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or new construction of rental housing targeted at lower-income households.
The Housing Choice Voucher Program's Project-based program is managed by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) and subsidizes units in HABC-owned and privately-owned properties throughout Baltimore.
Tenants residing in Project-based units pay 30 percent of their income for rent and utilities. The balance of their housing costs is paid by the program. Tenants in Project-based units are assisted as long as they live in the unit and continue to qualify for the program.
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