Columbia Downtown Housing Corp
CDHC is organized specifically to fulfill the vision of the Downtown Columbia Plan for a full spectrum and diverse mix of housing in Downtown Columbia, including affordable housing that will ensure low, moderate and middle- income families will have an opportunity to live in Downtown Columbia.
CDHC Board
Board Members
- Reverend Mary Ka Kanahan, President
- Gregory Fitchitt, Ex-Officio
- Anne Brinker, Secretary
- Jolly Burks, Treasurer
- Bethany Hooper
- John DeZinno
- Patricia Sylvester
- Peter Morgan
- Russell Snyder
- Reverend Dr. Robert Turner
- Heather Sheridan
- Jim Beck
- Christopher J. Fritz
Annual Reports
Foundational Documents
Amended and Restated By-Laws - adopted January 24, 2023
Bylaws - Adopted December 12, 2012
Memorandum of Understanding - December 1, 2012
Articles of Incorporation - November 6, 2012
Meetings
2025
Please email Kanise Lewis klewis@howardcountymd.gov for a link to all virtual meetings.
January 21, 2025 - 4:30pm Annual Meeting Agenda
March 25, 2025 - 4:30pm Agenda
July 22, 2025 - 4:30pm
September 23, 2025 - 4:30pm
November 25, 2025 - 4:30pm
2024
Please email Kanise Lewis klewis@howardcountymd.gov for a link to all virtual meetings.
January 23, 2024 - 4:30pm Annual Meeting Agenda Minutes
March 26, 2024 - 4:30pm Meeting Agenda Minutes
June 4, 2024 - 4:30pm Meeting Agenda Minutes
July 23, 2024 - 4:30pm Canceled
August 27, 2024 - 4:30 pm - Agenda Minutes
September 24, 2024 - 4:30pm Agenda Minutes
November 26, 2024 - 4:30pm Canceled
2023
January 24, 2023 - 4:30 pm
Nominating Committee Annual Report
Marlow Master Lease Units- Funding for Accessibility Units
March 28, 2023 - 4:30 pm
Agenda (revised)
Record Retention Memo (draft)
May 23, 2023 - 4:30 pm Virtual
Record Retention Policy (draft)
July 25, 2023- 4:30pm Virtual
Artist Flats Declaration of Affordable Housing Covenants and Use Restrictions (Draft)
Executed Second Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding LWYW
September 26, 2023 - 4:30 pm
Security Deposit Guarantee (Draft)
November 21, 2023 - 4:30pm Virtual
2022
2021
- January 26, 2021 - 4:30-6:30 pm - Annual Board Meeting - Agenda - Minutes
- March 23, 2021 - 4:30-6:30 pm - Agenda - Minutes
- June 22, 2021 - 4:30-6:30 pm - Agenda - Below are presentations from this meeting
- August 24, 2021 - 4:30 - 7:00 pm - Agenda - Minutes
- October 26, 2021 - 4:30 pm - Agenda - Email qkareem@howardountymd.gov to attend.
2020
2020 Meeting Schedule - Subject to change
- January 15, 2020 - Annual Meeting
- March 18, 2020
- May 20, 2020
- Canceled due to COVID restrictions
- June 17, 2020
- August 19, 2020
- October 21, 2020
- December 16, 2020
2019
- January 16, 2019 - Annual Board Meeting
- Agenda
- March 20, 2019
- April 17, 2019
- May 15, 2019
- July 17, 2019
- August 21, 2019
- September 18, 2019
- October 16, 2019
- LWYW Committee Cancelled
- November 20, 2019
2018
2017
- December 14, 2017
Affordable Housing in Downtown
Status Updates
Click here for a status of affordable housing availability in Downtown Columbia as of April 2025.
Below is a link to a recorded webinar presented by the Housing Affordability Coalition entitled: "Downtown Columbia Affordable Housing - The Promise, the Status and the Challenge". The webinar was presented in May 2024.
Live Where You Work Application
Please check back for another application round when funding is available.
New Cultural Center (NCC)
In 2020 after consultation with its partners, CDHC convened a small group of stakeholders to address issues related to the New Cultural Center (NCC). CDHC’s goal was to keep the project on schedule and to work collaboratively so that the County Council would approve moving NCC funding from contingency in the Fall of 2020. The virtual workgroup meetings were open to the public.
The workgroup effort facilitated revisions to the original NCC funding proposal and the Administration’s pre-filing of legislation (TAO1-2021) in September 2020 to move the NCC funding from contingency. In early January 2021, the County Council on a 3-1-1 vote approved the funding with revisions to the project reflected in an MOU signed by the County Administration, the Commission, and Toby’s/CCTA (the land seller & future NCC lessee).
Council approval of the release of funding for the NCC is the lynchpin for moving forward with the first Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) development included in the affordable residential development plan for Downtown Columbia enacted by HR-52-2016 et. al and the Developer Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) executed in accordance with that legislation. The housing and non-residential components of the redevelopment of the Toby’s site have been inextricably linked since inception. Without funding for the NCC, the housing component, now known as Artists Flats, could proceed and the Howard County Housing Commission would be at risk of losing substantial federal and state funds for this vitally needed affordable housing community.
Construction of NCC is anticipated to begin in 2022.