Councilwoman Ramos is the Lead Sponsor on the Following Pieces of Legislation

Introduced in 2024

24-0570 City Property - Naming the Playground Located at Lake Montebello to be the City Council President Mary Pat Clarke Playground
Introduced on 07.22.2024
This legislation renames the playground located at Lake Montebello to be the City Council President Mary Pat Clarke Playground.

24-0555 Zoning - Educational Campus Districts - Bulk and Yard Regulations
Introduced on 06.24.2024
This legislation amends the Educational Campus District (EC-2) zoning to increase the minimum yard requirements.

24-0221R Exchange of a Class B-D-7 License to a Class A-7 License for Use at 3601 Elm Avenue
Introduced on 06.10.2024 / Adopted by the City Council on 07.22.2024
This legislation provides the 3601 Elm Avenue, The Wine Source, with the correct alcoholic license under Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. § 12-902.1(d)(1) to operate their establishment.

24-0550 Zoning - Conditional Use - Retail Goods Establishment with Alcoholic Beverage Sales - 3601 Elm Avenue
Introduced on 06.10.2024
This legislation provides the 3601 Elm Avenue, The Wine Source, with the ability to continue to sell alcoholic beverages.

24-0541 Real Estate Practices - Disclosures - Urban Renewal Plans
Introduced on 05.16.2024
This legislation will require certain disclosures in order to sell any property within an area that has an Urban Renewal Plan (URP).

24-0540 Urban Renewal - Coldstream Homestead Montebello
Introduced on 05.16.2024
This legislation will amend the Urban Renewal Plan (URP) for Coldstream Homestead Montebello to prohibit the development of multi-family dwelling units within the Coldstream Homestead Montebello area.

24-0514 Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of Single-Family Dwelling Units to 2 Dwelling Units in the R-7 Zoning District - Variances - 3040 Barclay Street
Introduced on 04.08.2024
This legislation will convert 3040 Barclay Street from a single-family dwelling unit to be two dwelling units.

24-0498 Rezoning - Elm - Darby
Introduced on 02.26.2024
This legislation will rezone 3014 - 3030 Darby Street East, 3021 - 3039 Elm Avenue, 800 - 810 Darby Street South, North side of Darby Street South adjacent to 810 East, 3000 - 3012 Darby Street East, and 3003 - 3019 Elm Avenue from an R-7 Zoning District to an R-8 Zoning District.

24-0211R Request for State Action - Passage of HB0002/SB0138 - Baltimore City Property Taxes - Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 01.29.2024
This resolution calls upon the Maryland General Assembly to pass and Governor Wes Moore to sign cross-filed House Bill 0002 and Senate Bill 0138, Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property. This legislation provides Baltimore City with the authority and ability to set a special tax rate for the vacant and abandoned properties throughout the City.

24-0485 Tenant Opportunity to Purchase - Corrective Bill
Introduced on 01.22.2024 / Adopted by the City Council on 03.18.2024 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 05.01.2024
This ordinance is a corrective bill to clarify a definition under Article 13, Subtitle 6 “Opportunity to Purchase.”

24-0484 In Rem Foreclosure - Nuisance Property
Introduced on 01.22.2024
This legislation will authorize certain nuisance properties located in Baltimore City to be subject to a certain In Rem foreclosure process. This is the second tool in the In Rem toolbox that Baltimore City can use to battle the vacant housing crisis in our City.

Introduced in 2023

23-0453 Tax Credit - Brownfields Incentive Program - Termination of Program Participation
Introduced on 11.20.2023 Withdrawn 6.24.2024
This legislation will wind down Baltimore City’s participation in the Brownfield Revitalization Incentive Program (BRIP).

23-0447 Landmark List - Exteriors - 3110 Elm Avenue
Introduced on 10.30.2023
This legislation will designate 3110 Elm Avenue as a historical landmark.

23-0438 Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs - Establishment
Introduced on 10.16.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 05.01.2024 / Currently awaiting Mayor Brandon Scott’s signature
This legislation establishes and codifies the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MIMA) into law so that the office would remain in future administration’s.

23-0194R Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 10.02.2023
This resolution urges the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force to include the City Council in the Task Force’s deliberations and to consider storm water management, equity, and fair representation for Baltimore City on the Board and any potential new governance structures.

23-0434 Planned Unit Development - Repeal and Replace - North Charles Village 
Introduced on 10.02.2023
This legislation is to approve a new Development Plan for the North Charles Village Planned Unit Development, including establishing prohibited uses within the Planned Unit Development (PUD); providing the creation of the North Charles Village Planned Unit Development Design Review Committee; establishing the membership of the Committee; and establishing applicable design guidelines for the PUD.

23-0433 Planned Unit Development - Amendment - North Charles Village

Introduced on 10.2.2023/ Adopted by the City Council on 4.15.2024/Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 5.1.2024

This legislation makes some amendments to the Charles Village PUD including allowing for 12 more inches in height for 3115-3121 St. Paul Street.

23-0432 Rezoning - 3301 Saint Paul Street and 3311 through 3327 Saint Paul Street
Introduced on 10.02.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 04.15.2024 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 05.01.2024
This legislation allows for the zoning to be updated from R-8 Zoning District to the C-1 Zoning District from 3301 and 3311 Saint Paul Street through 3327 Saint Paul Street.

23-0188R Request for Federal Action - Re-Designating Temporary Protective Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Nepal, and Cameroon, and Instating the Designation for Guatemala
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 09.18.2023
This resolution calls for the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to re-designate El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Nepal, and Cameroon for Temporary Protective Status (TPS), instate designation of TPS of Guatemala, and support initiatives that will keep immigrant families together so that our community members can live with dignity.

23-0182R Informational Hearing - Regional Water Governance Task Force
Introduced on 07.07.2023 / Hearing held on 01.18.2024
This resolution calls for a hearing with the Office of the City Administrator, the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Mayor’s Office of Governmental Affairs, the Office of Equity and Civil Rights, and other relevant agencies to discuss the recommendations of the 2021 Water/Sewer Services Comprehensive Business Process Review Study, who will be appointed to the Regional Water Governance Task Force, and what their process for recommendations will be.

23-0407 Zoning - Discontinuance or Abandonment of Nonconforming Use
Introduced on 06.26.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 01.29.2024 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 02.26.2024
This bill clarifies what is needed to prove that a nonconforming use no longer in use and therefore, must expire. Currently, the Zoning Board and Zoning Administrator uses a Vacant Building Notice, or VBN, to indicate a use is nonconforming for twelve (12) months. However, not all buildings are designated with a VBN when not they are not in use.

23-0406 Residential Permit Parking Area 50
Introduced on 06.26.2023
This bill creates a residential parking permit area in Coldstream Homestead Montebello, including both sides of the 2500 - 2600 blocks of Cecil Avenue, Kirk Avenue, Garrett Avenue, Robb Street, and Aisquith Street, the odd side of the 1300 block of Gorsuch Avenue, and both sides of the 1400 block of Gorsuch Avenue.

23-0375 City Property - Renaming REACH! Partnership School Field to Senator Robert L. Dalton Stadium
Introduced on 05.01.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 10.30.2023 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 12.07.2023
This bill will change the name of the REACH! Partnership School Field to Senator Robert L. Dalton Stadium. This is located on 2555 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21218.

23-0369 High Performance Inclusionary Housing Tax Credit
Introduced on 03.27.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 12.07.2023 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 01.29.2024
This legislation is a companion to our original Inclusionary Housing bill (22-0195). The tax credit is designed to help make sure the math works to provide inclusionary units.

23-0363 Land Bank Authority
Introduced on 03.13.2023
This legislation creates the Land Bank Authority of Baltimore City. It is a quasi-governmental organization with the sole purpose of acquiring and disposing of vacant and abandoned properties in an equitable and sustainable way.

23-0362 In Rem Foreclosure - Scope of Subtitle
Introduced on 03.13.2023
This legislation allows for the Land Bank Authority of Baltimore City to conduct In Rem foreclosure on vacant and abandoned properties on behalf of Baltimore City.

23-0153R Investigative Hearing - Vacant Buildings Water Shut Offs
Introduced on 01.23.2023 / Hearing held on 07.11.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 07.17.2023
This resolution calls for a hearing to understand why Section 16.4 of the Baltimore City Code, which requires the Department of Public Works and the request of Department of Housing and Community Development, to shut off the water to a property once it has been deemed vacant.

23-0151R Informational Hearing - Infrastructure and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act
Introduced on 01.23.2023
This resolution is for a hearing with the City Administrator’s Office, the Mayor’s Office of Infrastructure Development, the Bureau of Budget, management, and Research, the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Transportation to report on how Baltimore City is positioned to pull down significant funding from the recent federal government initiatives.

Introduced in 2022

22-0149R Recognizing the Service of the Honorable Sheriff John W. Anderson
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 12.15.2022
This resolution honors the service of former Sheriff John Anderson who gave 50 years of his life to public services.

22-0324 Zoning - Conditional Use Parking Lot 4001 Roland Avenue
Introduced on 12.05.2022 / Withdrawn
This legislation allows for the lot on 4001 Roland Avenue to be used as a public parking lot.

22-0323 Zoning - Conditional Use Parking Lot 3618 and 3620 Elm Avenue
Introduced on 12.05.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 07.17.2023 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 10.02.2023
This legislation allows 3618 and 3620 Elm Avenue to be used for a public parking lot.

22-0140R Informational Hearing - Permit Office Reforms
Introduced on 10.03.2022
This resolution is for a hearing regarding the reforms to the building permit office. We know there are challenges with that office and there needs to be a lengthy discussion about much needed reforms.

22-0137R Informational Hearing - Hiring Initiatives - Spanish Speakers 
Introduced on 09.19.2022 / Hearing held on 02.02.2023 / Adopted by the City Council on 10.16.2023
This resolution is for a hearing regarding Baltimore City’s work to hire more Hispanic/Latine city workers and Spanish speakers.

22-0136R - Informational Hearing - Status of the Baltimore City Identification Card Program
Introduced on 09.19.2022 / Hearing held on 02.01.2023
This resolution is for a hearing to determine what the status is of implementing the Municipal Identification Card Program, or Municipal ID, that passed the City Council in 2016.

22-0123R - Informational Hearing - Johns Hopkins University Police Department and Baltimore Police Department Memorandum of Understanding
Introduced on 09.12.2022 / Withdrawn
This resolution is for a hearing regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) needed between the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to establish the JHU Police Department.

22-0265 - Landmark List - Exteriors - 3818 Roland Avenue
Introduced on 08.15.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 04.03.2023 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 06.26.2023
This legislation makes 3818 Roland Avenue a Baltimore City historic landmark, requiring any exterior changes to be approved by the Committee on Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP).

22-0259 - Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Yield Excise Tax - Transactions Assessed 
Introduced on 08.15.2022
This legislation increases funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund by lowering the threshold to add the Yield Excise Tax from transactions above $1.0 million to $750,000.

22-0121R Informational Hearing - 2022 Primary Election Irregularities
Introduced 07.25.2022 / Hearing held on 10.20.2022
This resolution calls for a hearing with the State and City Boards of Elections to understand some of the problems during voting and mail in voting this past Primary election and how we can work together to avoid it in the future.

22-0253 City Property - Renaming Barclay Elementary Middle School to Gertrude S. Williams Barclay Elementary Middle School
Introduced on 07.11.2022
To honor the former Barclay School principal and my constituent, Gertrude S. Williams, we are renaming the school. She was a fierce fighter for student education bringing in the Calvert curriculum and shaking up education.

22-0116R Reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending in July 31, 2023 - Sheriff’s Office
Introduced on 06.27.2022
This resolution outlines the agreement to remove $500,000 from the Sheriff’s office and place in eviction prevention programs. We are concerned about how the Sheriff’s office has conducted evictions.

22-0250 Councilmember Mary Pat Clarke Tenant Opportunity to Purchase
Introduced on 06.27.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 08.21.2023 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 10.30.2023
This legislation replaces the current tenant right of first refusal law to make it stronger, including landlords having to provide fourteen (14) days for the tenant to agree to purchase before putting the property the tenant is occupying on the market.

22-0238 Charter Amendment - Office of the Inspector General - Advisory Board
Introduced on 05.16.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 07.25.2022 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 07.25.2022 / Passed by Baltimore City Voters on 11.08.2022
This Charter Amendment changes the composition of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Advisory Board to ensure that no elected officials, no designees, no employees of city or state government and no lobbyists are on the Advisory Board. It also changes the process for appointment of the members.

22-0101R Informational Hearing - Mayor’s Recommendations - 30-Day Review of Strategies to Eliminate Vacant and Abandoned Properties
Introduced on 04.25.2022 / Hearing held on 07.12.2022
This legislation requires a hearing for the City Administrator, the Deputy Mayor for Community and Economic Development, the City Solicitor, the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Director of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to come before the City Council to outline their proposals for eliminating vacant and abandoned properties that resulted from their thirty (30) day review.

22-0100R Informational Hearing - Judicial In Rem Foreclosure
Introduced on 04.04.2022 / Hearing held on 09.20.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 10.03.2022
This legislation requests a hearing to learn more about the new Judicial In Rem Foreclosure process to address the privately owned vacant and abandoned properties.

22-0220 Study and Report - Tax Increment Financing
Introduced on 04.04.2022 / Voted down by Ways and Means Committee
This legislation requires the Baltimore City Department of Finance along with other agencies to create a report about the current Tax Increment Financing (TIF) policies, the impact the TIFs have had, the debt service we pay each year, and if we can use strictly for neighborhood TIFs using non-contiguous TIF to address vacant and abandoned properties.

22-0208 In Rem Foreclosure - Post-Filing Notices
Introduced on 03.22.2022
This legislation would fix the inconsistency between Baltimore City's law and Maryland State's law for In Rem foreclosure allowing for more efficient filing of these cases in the courts.

22-0207 Vacant Building Notices
Introduced on 03.22.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 06.27.2022 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 09.12.2022
This legislation increases the fine for not removing a Vacant Building Notice, or VBN, to $1000, and each day is a separate violation. These notices basically keep the property vacant. This will get the attention of the private owners who are paying taxes but sitting on the property, or will help stack the liens on a property to make it eligible for In Rem tax sale foreclosure.

22-0097R Request for State Action - Highway User Revenues
Introduced and Unanimously Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 03.07.2022
This resolution calls upon the Maryland General Assembly during the 2022 Legislative Session to pass and Governor Larry Hogan to sign cross-filed bills, House Bill 1187 and Senate Bill 726, Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Revenue and Distribution, which would reallocate the Highway User Revenues back to the jurisdictions. It would also ensure Baltimore City gets the highest percentage which we have not had since 2007.

22-0194 Charles Village Community Benefits District and Management Authority
Introduced on 02.07.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 05.16.2022 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 05.16.2022
This resolution re-authorizes the existence of the Charles Village Community Benefits District.

22-0195 Inclusionary Housing for Baltimore City
Introduced on 02.07.2022 / Adopted by the City Council on 12.04.2023 / Signed by the Mayor Brandon Scott on 01.29.2024
This legislation completely reforms the current ineffective inclusionary housing law which expires in July of 2022.

22-0196 Short Term Rental Assistance Program
Introduced on 02.07.2022
This legislation creates the Short Term Rental Assistance program to provide rental assistance for up to one year for residents participating in violence prevention programs, seeking jobs, and more.

22-0093R Request for State Action - Stability for Renters
Introduced and Unanimously Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 02.02.2022
This resolution calls upon the Maryland General Assembly during the 2022 Legislative Session to pass and Governor Larry Hogan to sign several pieces of legislation that would ensure that renters are able to use rental assistance and avoid eviction.

Introduced in 2021

21-0084R Informational Hearing - Water for All Program and the Water Accountability and Equity Act
Introduced on 12.06.2021
This resolution calls for a hearing regarding the implementation of the Water for All program - the new discount water bill program, and the Water Accountability and Equity Act.

21-0170 Rezoning 2500 - 2600 Blocks of Harford Road
Introduced on 11.01.2021
This legislation rezones the 2500 - 2600 blocks of Harford Road from C-1 to R-6.

21-0077R Informational Hearing - Implementing the Landlord Licensing Law
Introduced on 10.18.2021
This is a resolution for a hearing regarding and update on the implementation of the landlord licensing law.

21-0076R Investigative Hearing - Baltimore Gas and Electric
Introduced on 10.18.2021
This resolution calls for a hearing with Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) and the Department of Transportation to try to get a better way of operating when it comes to their planned work - including ADA compliance, communications with neighborhoods, traffic detours, and more.

21-0067R Approval for the Exchange of Class BD7 License to Class A-7 License for Use at 3351 Greenmount Avenue
Introduced on 10.04.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 11.01.2021
This resolution is for the exchange of a BD7 liquor license to A-7 license at Stadium Lounge. It would become packaged goods only, no bar.

21-0061R Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 09.13.2021
Declaring September Childhood Cancer Awareness month in honor of Brixton Henfield.

21-0056R From Front Door to School House Door
Introduced on 08.16.2021
This resolution calls for a hearing regarding how our children get to school, as there are problems with sexual harassment, buses being late, and more obstacles for our young people to get to school.

21-0054R Request for State Action - Eviction Moratorium
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 08.16.2021
This resolution calls upon Governor Larry Hogan to put the moratorium back in to ensure we have more time to get the rental assistance funding to renters and landlords who need it.

21-0053R Informational Hearing - School Lunches
Introduced on 08.16.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 11.01.2021
This resolution calls for a hearing regarding school lunches with the Chief Executive Office of the Baltimore City Public School System. This is at the request of one of my 11th grade constituents.

21-0117 Termination of Peak Hour Parking Restrictions
Introduced on 08.16.2021
This legislation eliminates our peak hour parking restrictions within the District.

21-0099 Study and Report Tax Sale Accounting
Introduced on 06.21.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 10.18.2021 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 11.15.2021
This legislation requires the Department of Finance and the City Administrators Office to provide a report on how they will correct the accounting problems we encountered during the tax sale process this year.

21-0088 Study and Report - Integrated Services Model
Introduced on 05.17.2021
This legislation requires a study and report from the Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success about how to ensure that once a family member is registered for services, all members of that family are evaluated in order to know all of the services they are eligible for with automatic enrollment.

21-0045R Keeping the Promise - Urging President Biden to Provide a Pathway to Citizenship for Immigrant Essential Workers
Introduced and Adopted on the Same Day by the City Council on 05.03.2021
This legislation was a resolution for an immediate action calling on President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and the United States Congress to set a path to citizenship for DACA, TPS, and essential immigrant workers, as he promised.

21-0078 Real Estate Disclosures - Formerly Vacant Structures
Introduced on 04.03.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 08.16.2021 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 10.18.2021
This legislation requires the seller of a home which had a vacant building notice on it to disclose they filed for the Use and Occupancy Permit.

21-0036R Informational Hearing - Avoiding an Eviction Crisis
Introduced on 04.05.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 07.19.2021
This legislation calls for a hearing to understand the plight of our tenants during the pandemic and what comes next.

21-0058 Real Property Tax - Installment Plans
Introduced on 03.24.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 10.18.2021 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 12.09.2021
This legislation creates a process for residents to make payments toward their property tax bills monthly.

21-0028R Informational Hearing - Baltimore’s Plan for Our Neighbors Experiencing Homelessness and Residing in Hotels During the Pandemic
Introduced on 03.08.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 01.24.2022
This legislation calls for a hearing with Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, advocates and others regarding our neighbors experiencing homelessness residing in hotels and encampments and what their plan is to tackle this growing issue throughout the City.

21-0024R Informational Hearing on Tax Sales
Introduced on 02.22.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 08.16.2021
This legislation calls for a hearing on tax sales in Baltimore City from the Department of Finance, Department of Housing and Community Development, and others. This is the beginning of the important dialogue toward reforming this predatory process.

21-0034 Tax Sales - Postponement
Introduced on 02.08.2021 / Withdrawn
This legislation moves Baltimore City’s tax lien sale from May of this 2021 to May of 2022 because of the hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic.

21-0033 Imari’s LGBTQ Procurement Preference Act
Introduced on 02.08.2021
This legislation specifically adds LGBTQ owned businesses to Baltimore City’s minority contracting process. It is a tribute to my constituent’s work in this field and his family wanted to see is dream come true. After being horribly discriminated against, Imari took his own life.

21-0028 Landmark List - Clifton School
Introduced on 01.25.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 06.08.2021 / Signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on 07.19.2021
This legislation adds 2670 Kennedy Avenue in Coldstream Homestead Montebello to the Baltimore City’s Landmark list in order to protect the integrity of the property.

21-0002R Investigative Hearing - Inland Flooding Mitigation
Introduced on 01.11.2021 / Hearing held on 02.24.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 03.08.2021
While there are efforts to mitigate flooding on our coastal areas, our neighborhoods experience flooding, too. This legislation calls for an investigative hearing about Baltimore City’s plans for mitigating inland pluvial flooding. Through this hearing, my colleagues on the City Council will know the status of the work being done in our City regarding this issue and we can determine what other steps we need to take.

21-0001R Investigative Hearing - Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Introduced on 01.11.2021 / Hearing held on 02.09.2021 / Adopted by the City Council on 05.16.2022
This legislation calls for an investigative hearing into the status of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund including revenue, funding source, spending plan, and future plans for the funds. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund was established in November 2016 after City voters approved a Charter Amendment with the intent of supporting both rental and for-sale affordable housing for very-low and low-income households.

21-0016 Liens and Late Charges - Installment Plans
Introduced on 01.11.2021 / Withdrawn
This legislation requires the Baltimore City Department of Finance to offer monthly payment plans to homeowners who are behind on paying their taxes and liens. It is designed to help homeowners avoid tax sale. The Office of the Ombudsman would be working out the payment arrangement between the homeowner and the Department of Finance.

 21-0002 Real Property Tax - Installment Plans
Introduced on 01.11.2021 / Withdrawn
This legislation would allow homeowners who have already paid off their mortgage or have inherited a family home without a mortgage to pay their property taxes monthly, rather than semi-annually. Homeowners with mortgages are able to pay their taxes monthly into escrow, but this is not the same for those who have already paid off their mortgages. This legislation is designed to help our homeowners pay their taxes and ultimately, avoid tax sale.