Since 2012, the Baltimore Metropolitan Council has been assisting local jurisdictions and public housing authorities (PHAs) -- the Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Group -- with regional fair housing planning and implementation.
Comments Welcomed On Draft 2025 Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Plan Until February 28
Building on more than 10 months of work with consultant Root Policy Research, including three large stakeholder meetings, three topic-specific working groups, and a survey of 1300 residents, the Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Group has released its Draft 2025 Regional Fair Housing Plan for public comment.
Download the full Draft Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) in the Baltimore Region:
The Fair Housing Group will gather public comments until Friday, February 28, 2025. Please submit comments by email to housing@baltometro.org.
We held a Virtual Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. You can follow this link to see our hearing agenda, slides, and recording.
Six jurisdictions and five public housing authorities (PHAs) carried out this process, with assistance from the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and Root Policy Research:
- City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis
- Anne Arundel County and the Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County
- City of Baltimore and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City
- Baltimore County
- Harford County and the Havre de Grace Housing Authority
- Howard County and the Howard County Housing Commission
The new plan will replace the 2020 AI, included below, that jurisdictions and PHAs have been implementing over the past five years. Local governments and PHAs will include action steps in this updated 2025 AI that pertain to their jurisdiction in their Consolidated Plans and PHA plans for using federal housing funds beginning July 1, 2025.
Click here (and scroll down) to see information from the three fair housing stakeholder meetings held from May to October 2024.
If you have any questions, please send them to BMC’s housing policy coordinator Dan Pontious at dpontious@baltometro.org.
2020 Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Plan
Participating local jurisdictions and public housing authorities have been implementing this fair housing plan over fiscal years 2021-2025.
Download the Final 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) and Action Plans:
BMC's Housing Committee, originally created through the Opportunity Collaborative, continues to serve as a forum for the Fair Housing Group jurisdictions and public housing authorities to work through AI Action Plan implementation with stakeholders in the region. Each year the Fair Housing Group will update the Implementation Plan above with input from the Housing Committee.