These files date from the department's inception in March 1978 and contain copies of correspondence, memos, reports, and financial records. The major activities of this department were overseeing the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG). Other activities included Local Public Authority housing rehabilitation and creating parks. A major function of program management was to act as liaison between HCD and the communities in which CDBGs, UDAGs, and housing rehabilitation were taking place. This was done through the Project Area Committees (PACs). For more detail on PACs see series 36. Communities discussed in these files are Butchers Hill, Coldspring, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Fells Point, Jonestown, Montgomery (Federal Hill, Otterbein), Mt. Winans, Old Town, Park Heights, Poppleton, Reservoir Hill, Ridgely's Delight, Sharp-Leadenhall, Washington Hill, and Upton.