HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Powers and Duties

1) To give guidance for dealing with the problems of slums and blight within the community and guidance for the establishment, re-establishment and/or preservation of well-planned communities with well-organized neighborhoods.

2) To give guidance for the undertaking of feasible community activities designed to achieve the purposes of the Howard County urban renewal law. Recommendations shall be for separable urban renewal projects which can be undertaken independently to achieve identifiable goals and stated public policy.

3) To review and make recommendations to the County Executive and the County Council concerning:

a) An urban renewal plan for Howard County, which may include sub-area plans for all areas of the County exhibiting signs of significant decay and/or deterioration.

b) An operating and capital budget to support any approved urban renewal project.

c) Any administrative procedure to implement Howard County laws which have been promulgated by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

d) Community Development Block Grant applications and other community development grant applications.

e) Community Development Block Grant performance reports.

f) A Housing Assistance Plan for Howard County.

4) To act as a grievance panel when so designated in administrative procedures by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

5) To plan and promote auxiliary social or community service programs for the residents of areas which are moral, economic and/or physical liabilities to Howard County.

6) To serve as a pubic housing agency in accordance with requirements developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development-Community Development Administration.

7) To review applications for housing related industrial revenue bonds and MIDFA loans and bonds and make recommendations to the industrial revenue bond review subcommittee of the Economic Development Authority.

To perform such other duties as may be designated by the County Executive pursuant to Section 13.1103 “Powers, Authority,” subsection (o).