2026-10-20 - Housing & Economic Development Committee

Summary

Built from the official minutes (draft) and the auto-generated captions of the video.

• Official minutes (draft): the chair called the hearing to order but immediately recessed it for lack of a quorum. No bill was heard and no vote was taken. This matches the video.
• Three bills had been noticed: 26-0203 (landmark designation of the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Law Offices), 26-0173 (exempting Housing and Community Development dispositions of property worth less than $25,000 from Board of Estimates approval, with a monthly report) and 26-0214 (study and report on licensing and registration status of non-owner-occupied rental dwelling units).

Based on auto-generated captions (names may be misheard).

• The meeting lasted only a few seconds of recorded time.
• Committee Chair James Torrence (7th District) opened the meeting, said the committee did not have a quorum, recessed the hearing, and said all of the evening's bill hearings would be rescheduled.
• No bills were heard and no votes were taken.

Recess for lack of quorum

0:02-0:17

• No quorum, so the hearing was recessed and the bill hearings rescheduled.

Auto-caption note: names and numbers may be misheard.

Time on topic

Agenda

Bills 26-0214, 26-0203 and 26-0173.

Official Minutes

Draft minutes of the Housing & Economic Development Committee, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 5:15 PM (Du Burns Council Chamber and Webex).

• Agenda items listed for public hearing, none of them heard:
  • 26-0203, Landmark List - Juanita Jackson Mitchell Law Offices: designating the law offices at 1239 Druid Hill Avenue as an exterior historical landmark and honoring the legacy of Juanita Jackson Mitchell. Ten sponsors, led by Blanchard.
  • 26-0173, Department of Housing and Community Development - Disposition of Property - Exemption for Property Less Than $25,000: exempts such dispositions from Board of Estimates approval and requires a monthly report of all of them. Sponsors: Blanchard, Middleton, Gray, Bullock, Porter, Jones, Ramos, Cohen.
  • 26-0214, Study and Report - Licensing and Registration Status of Non Owner Occupied Rental Dwelling Units: requires Housing and Community Development, Planning and Finance to report counts by Council District, compliance with Code requirements, citations, and ownership by City residents. Sponsors: Glover, Bullock, Blanchard, Ramos.
• Adjournment note: "The Chair called the hearing to order but immediately recessed due to a lack of quorum." The minutes list no attendance. The video identifies the chair as Torrence and says all of the evening's hearings would be rescheduled; no new date appears in the minutes.

Sources

• Minutes (draft): https://baltimore.legistar1.com/baltimore/meetings/2026/10/5080_M_Housing___Economic_Development_Committee_26-10-20_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
• Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFSmuJrulA
• Agenda: https://baltimore.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1332200&GUID=F3ABC8C0-77A3-49D9-B075-A0C99D5A5AEA&Options=info|&Search=

Video

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Transcript

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