The ordinance aimed to transfer $200,000 from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to the Department of Building Inspection for tenant outreach in federally funded housing. However, it has been killed and will not be enacted.
Ordinance de-appropriating $200,000 previously appropriated to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and re-appropriating $200,000 to the Department of Building Inspection for tenant outreach in Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded buildings and other publicly financed residential developments in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022.
How it got here
This legislation originated from a need to enhance tenant outreach efforts in HUD-funded properties by reallocating funds from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to the Department of Building Inspection.
The Board approved the FY 2021-22 budget, which included a $200,000 allocation to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) for community-based organization services.
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed the proposed ordinance to de-appropriate $200,000 from MOHCD and re-appropriate it to the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) for tenant outreach.
The committee voted to table the ordinance, effectively halting its progress.
The Budget and Legislative Analyst provided a report outlining the need for the ordinance to expand DBI's Code Enforcement Outreach Program, which had been operational since 1996.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record