Housing And Community Development
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) [HB-1553]
Requiring each broadband provider in the State to establish a program to provide broadband services to eligible low-income consumers at certain prices depending on speed on or before December 1, 2025; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain providers from the requirement to establish a program; and altering the duties of the Office.
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Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [SB-1011]
Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income condominium owners who live in condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condominium association to meet reserve account funding requirements; requiring that the Fund prioritize low-income adults aged 65 years or older; and requiring low-income unit owners who received grants to make a certain report regarding the reserve account balance by December 31 annually.
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Respect State Housing Laws Act [S.470]
A bill to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sale of Residential Property - Taxes and Offers to Purchase (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [HB-1428]
Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect [HB-1239]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; providing that certain discriminatory housing practices may be committed without intent; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has a discriminatory effect against a person related to the sale or rental of a dwelling; and providing that certain conduct does not constitute a certain violation.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Housing Counseling [HB-1302]
Requiring a recipient of funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development for any project to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate residential property for use as housing to offer housing counseling services to certain prospective residents.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1411]
Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income condominium owners who live in condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condominium association to meet reserve account funding requirements; requiring that the Fund prioritize low-income adults aged 65 years or older; and requiring low-income unit owners who received grants to make a certain report regarding the reserve account balance by December 31 annually.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Prohibited Restrictions on Use - Accessory Dwelling Units MC 2-25 [HB-1234]
Providing that certain restrictions on use that prohibit the use of real property in Montgomery County for accessory dwelling units otherwise authorized under law are void and unenforceable; and applying the Act retroactively.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Food System Resiliency Council - Healthy Food Priority Area Study [HB-1434]
Establishing the Food Deserts Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding solutions to eliminate food deserts in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its key findings and recommended solutions to eliminate food deserts by November 1, 2025, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.
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US Congress 119th Congress
Respect State Housing Laws Act [HB-1078]
To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing Development Permits - Local Reporting Requirements (Maryland Housing Data Transparency Act) [HB-1193]
Requiring certain local jurisdictions to report information about certain housing development permits to the Department of Planning beginning January 1, 2027, and on the first day of each month thereafter; and requiring the Department of Planning to make certain permit information public on a public, interactive, and searchable website; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the collection of building permit information by December 31 each year.
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Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act [HB-965]
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), and for other purposes.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing Authorities - Tax-Exempt Status - Modifications [HB-1085]
Exempting certain property owned by public housing authorities, certain subsidiary entities of public housing authorities, and certain nonprofit housing corporations from State and local taxation; directing public housing authorities, certain subsidiary entities of public housing authorities, and certain nonprofit housing corporations to make payments in lieu of taxes that may be set by agreements with political subdivisions; and applying the Act tall taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State-Owned Property - Inventory and Disposition - Housing [HB-1061]
Requiring each unit of State government to submit to the Department of Planning an inventory of State-owned property used or controlled by the unit; requiring the Department to determine the suitability of each property for use or redevelopment for housing or solar energy productions; requiring a unit to sell or donate certain State-owned property in a certain manner for redevelopment for housing or solar energy production under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing Development Permits - Local Reporting Requirements (Maryland Housing Data Transparency Act) [SB-944]
Requiring certain local jurisdictions to report information about certain housing development permits to the Department of Planning beginning January 1, 2027, and on the first day of each month thereafter; requiring the Department of Planning to make certain permit information public on a public, interactive, and searchable website; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the collection of building permit information on or before December 31 each year.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890]
Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas [HB-942]
Authorizing the designation of certain noncontiguous areas as development districts; and permitting the use of the Community Development Administration within the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue certain bonds.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Community Action Agencies - Funding [SB-666]
Requiring the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Department of Housing and Community Development in fiscal years 2027 through 2032 as a grant to community action agencies statewide for measures to combat poverty.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sale of Residential Property - Taxes and Offers to Purchase (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [SB-582]
Authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; and altering the rate of the State transfer tax payable for an instrument of writing for a sale of certain residential real property under certain circumstances.