LWVMD ACTION ALERT Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Trust

Mon Feb 25 19:43:40 MST 2008

SB 302                                HB512

Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Trust

The League of Women Voters of the United States has a position advocating
that governments at all levels should make available sufficient funds for
housing programs and affordable housing is one of LWVMD's legislative
agenda.  The most important housing bill of this legislative session is
being heard this week in the Senate Education, Health and Environment
Affairs and Budget and Taxation Committees and the House Environmental
Affairs and Ways and Means Committees.  It is important that you contact
your Senators and Delegates on these committees to tell them that you
strongly support this bill.  

Tell them that the Maryland Affordable Investment Trust legislation is very
important for the future of affordable housing in Maryland.  The Maryland
Affordable Investment fund (SB 302 and HB 512) is probably one of the most
significant pieces of housing legislation to be considered by the General
Assembly.  The bill will create a dedicated revenue source for affordable
housing which will support and strengthen the existing state housing
programs and provide incentives to encourage greater local government
planning and funding for affordable housing.  The Investment Fund enjoys
broad-based support among virtually every group and organization involved in
affordable housing.  Thirty-eight other states have housing trust funds and
it is time for Maryland to demonstrate its commitment to housing by
providing a stable, consistent funding source.  

House Environmental Matters

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12268.html> Maggie
McIntosh, Chair (410) 841-3990, (301) 858-3990
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12263.html> James E.
Malone, Jr., Vice-Chair (410) 841-3378, (301) 858-3378 

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14612.html> Saqib Ali
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14495.html> Pamela G.
Beidle
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12188.html> Elizabeth Bobo
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13982.html> Joseph C.
Boteler III
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa02769.html> Rudolph C.
Cane
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14770.html> Alfred C.
Carr, Jr.
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12200.html> Virginia P.
Clagett
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12225.html> Barbara A.
Frush
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14618.html> Cheryl D.
Glenn
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12238.html> Anne Healey
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13964.html> Marvin E.
Holmes, Jr.
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14620.html> Tom Hucker
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14625.html> Stephen W.
Lafferty
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13967.html> Doyle L.
Niemann
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14773.html> H. Wayne
Norman, Jr.
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12284.html> Anthony J.
O'Donnell
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14319.html> Tanya Thorton
Shewell
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14003.html> Richard A.
Sossi
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13918.html> Dana M. Stein
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12310.html> Paul S. Stull
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14010.html> Michael H.
Weir, Jr. 

House Ways and Means

Appointed by House Speaker:
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12241.html> Sheila E.
Hixson, Chair (410) 841-3469, (301) 858-3469
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12214.html> Ann Marie
Doory, Vice-Chair (410) 841-3476, (301) 858-3476

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa02764.html> Joseph R.
Bartlett
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12183.html> Kumar P. Barve
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13984.html> Jon S. Cardin
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14004.html> D. Page
Elmore
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14748.html> C. William
Frick
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14645.html> Ronald A.
George
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14617.html> James W.
Gilchrist
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12243.html> Carolyn J. B.
Howard
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14621.html> Jolene Ivey
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13980.html> J. B.
Jennings
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13987.html> Anne R. Kaiser
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13983.html> Susan W. Krebs
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14628.html> Peter F.
Murphy
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14580.html> John A.
Olszewski, Jr.
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14630.html> Craig L. Rice
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13993.html> Justin D.
Ross
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14634.html> Melvin L.
Stukes
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12313.html> Frank S.
Turner
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14638.html> Jay Walker

Senate Budget and Tax Committee

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12163.html> Ulysses
Currie, Chair (410) 841-3127, (301) 858-3127
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12169.html> Edward J.
Kasemeyer, Vice-Chair (410) 841-3653, (301) 858-3653 

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12193.html> David R.
Brinkley
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02792.html> James E.
DeGrange, Sr.
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12217.html> George C.
Edwards
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02779.html> Verna L.
Jones
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa14005.html> Nancy J. King
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa13971.html> Rona E. Kramer
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa13963.html> Richard S.
Madaleno, Jr.
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12172.html> Nathaniel J.
McFadden
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12155.html> Donald F.
Munson
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa14611.html> Douglas J. J.
Peters
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa13849.html> James N. Robey
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12158.html> J. Lowell
Stoltzfus
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02791.html> Robert A.
(Bobby) Zirkin 

Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12413.html> Joan Carter
Conway, Chair (410) 841-3145, (301) 858-3145
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02013.html> Roy P. Dyson,
Vice-Chair (410) 841-3673, (301) 858-3673 

 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12161.html> Richard F.
Colburn
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12232.html> Janet Greenip
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa14738.html> David C.
Harrington
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02793.html> Andrew P.
Harris
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa14609.html> Michael G.
Lenett
<http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12156.html> Paul G. Pinsky
 <http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12300.html> James C.
Rosapepe 

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