ISSUE DATE: April 3, 2020
SUBMISSIONS DUE: APRIL 27, 2020

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

In 2016, City voters approved establishing an Affordable Housing Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) to address housing quality and shortages for the City’s low and very low-income households. The Law is described in Article I, Section 14 of the Baltimore City Charter. 

The Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (“DHCD”) is issuing this Professional Services Request for Proposals (“RFP”) from qualified applicants interested in providing professional services and technical assistance to  develop, fund, monitor, and support community land trusts as part of Baltimore City’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Key deliverables include but are not limited to:

• Assisting with the evaluation of the Department’s Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) submissions and award recommendations;
• Drafting funding agreements to make Trust Funds available;
• Feasibility studies of proposed land trust financing;
• Reviewing ground leases, maintenance agreements, contracts of sales, internal compliance and monitoring platforms, and
• Overall evaluation and structuring of the Land Trust program.

VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL RFP HERE

All submissions must include the following signed attachments:

Commitment to Comply
Authorization to Submit
Certificate of Compliance
Organizational Disclosures

NOTICE - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RFP AMENDMENT

CHANGES TO SCHEDULE

Please be advised that the Department of Housing and Community Development is amending its schedule for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Professional Services Request for Proposals issued on April 3, 2020.  Please see the revised schedule below.  New dates are indicated in bold: