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2026 Affordable Housing Summit Postponed

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:34:36 GMT

Due to circumstances beyond our control our 35th Annual Affordable Housing Summit is being postponed until the fall.

Maryland Comptroller Releases Report on Housing and the Economy

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:27:22 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 16, 2025) — The Office of the Comptroller of Maryland today released the latest installment in its State of the Economy series: Housing and the Economy. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Maryland’s housing market, including trends in housing costs, supply and demand dynamics, and patterns of domestic migration—highlighting where Maryland residents are moving to and from. It also examines the relationship between housing affordability and availability, as well as their connection to broader economic performance.

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3 Hurdles to Building Accessory Dwelling Units

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:21:14 GMT

Whether they’re called granny flats, backyard bungalows, or guest cottages, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a growing trend in the residential sector and aim to help ease the nation’s housing shortage and affordability issues.

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Montgomery County Supports 2,289 Affordable Homes in FY 2025

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:29:19 GMT

he Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) released an updated version of its final Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Affordable Housing Pipeline Report , along with its first quarterly update for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26), showing that the County has significantly increased the number of affordable homes it is supporting through its financial investments. DHCA’s quarterly reports detail recently completed financing agreements, the number of affordable units to be produced or preserved in each project, and pending projects with affordable units that are in the pipeline for future development.

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Mapping a Way Out of the US Housing Affordability Crisis

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:31:08 GMT

Sara Bronin, founder of the National Zoning Atlas, has won the Heinz Award for her ongoing project to map the land-use rules that restrict housing production.

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Senate Bill 689/House Bill 1018 Conventional Home Mortgage Loans-- Assumption and Disclosures

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:50:27 GMT

This bill requires banking institutions, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to include a provision in all conventional home mortgage loans that allows any of the existing borrowers to assume the mortgage in the event of a divorce. This applies to both new and existing mortgages.

You can review the new legislation in full here .

House Bill 273: Fairer Late Fees

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:49:26 GMT

Landlords can no longer charge late payment penalties based on the full rent amount.

Maryland already capped late rent penalties at 5%, but some landlords applied that percentage to the entire month’s rent, even if most had already been paid.

What’s new: Landlords must now calculate late fees only on the unpaid portion of rent. Weekly leases remain capped at $3/week, with a $12/month maximum.

Example: Rent is $1,000, a tenant pays $800 on time, $200 is late. Before: fee could be $50. Now: fee maxes at $10.

As a result of the new law, tenants who make partial payments will not be over-penalized. Landlords will need to revise lease forms, and unenforceable clauses could lead to tenant lawsuits for damages and attorney’s fees.

You can review the new legislation in full here .

House Bill 1466/Senate Bill 891: Accessory Dwelling Units

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:48:29 GMT

This new legislation prohibits community associations from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the construction and rental of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on lots with primary single-family detached dwelling units.

A homeowners association has the authority, but not the obligation, to treat an ADU as a separate lot for purposes of voting and assessments.

You can review the new legislation in full here .

House Bill 4/Senate Bill 120: Solar Collector Systems

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:44:27 GMT

The law currently states that community associations cannot impose unreasonable limitations on an owner who wants to install a solar collector system on their roof or the exterior walls of improvements exclusive to them, which significantly increases the cost or decreases the efficiency of solar installations. However, the term “significantly” was not precisely defined, leading to varied interpretations and enforcement.

The new law sets an objective standard that a restriction is unreasonable if it would increase the cost of the solar collector system installation by at least 5% over the projected cost of the initially proposed installation, or if the restriction would reduce the energy generated by the solar system by at least 10% below the projected energy generation of the initially proposed installation. To show that the community association’s restriction is unreasonable, the owner needs to provide documentation prepared by an independent solar panel design specialist.

Community associations may prohibit or restrict the installation of a solar collector system in the common elements/areas and regulate its size, number, or placement.

You can review the new legislation in full here .

Addressing Washington, D.C.’s housing crisis

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:32:09 GMT

The nation’s capital has a severe shortage of affordable housing. Learn about the challenges and ways housing providers are working to meet the need.

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Governor Moore Signs Order to Boost Affordable Housing in Maryland

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:18:06 GMT

The order improves the use of state-owned land to create more efficient development, reduce state permitting timelines, and bring more homes to market faster in an effort to tackle housing affordability and promote the Moore-Miller Administration’s commitment to addressing Maryland's 96,000 unit housing shortage across the state. Learn more>>>

‘Priced Out’: NHC Warns Affordability Crisis Hitting Middle Class

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:15:33 GMT

With rising home prices and rents, middle-class Americans are now facing a housing affordability crisis that once was reserved for low-income households, according to a new report from the National Housing Conference (NHC).

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Husband-Wife Team Bring Affordable Housing to D.C. Veterans

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:19:39 GMT

In the heart of Washington, D.C., where affordable housing options remain scarce, Richard Cunningham and Jésyl Crowdy-Cunningham are leading a quiet but powerful transformation to ensure veterans have a safe place to live. Through their firm, Cunningham Real Estate Holdings, the husband-and-wife team has become a steadfast presence in the city, operating 160 mixed-income rental homes across a dozen communities, and with more in development.

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Recapping AOBA's State of Rental Housing in Suburban Maryland Series

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:08:29 GMT

Back in March, AOBA kicked off a six-part series analyzing the state of multifamily rental housing in Suburban Maryland.

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AHCMC 34TH Annual Summit Announces Headliners

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:48:52 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Tiffany Kensey

Date: May 1, 2025

34TH ANNUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS

FOR MAY 9TH ANNUAL SUMMIT:

"WEATHERING THE STORM”

DATE: May 9, 2025

TIME: 8:00AM Registration Program Begins at 8:30AM

LOCATION: North Bethesda Marriott Conference Center

5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD 20852

The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County (AHCMC) kicks off its 34th Annual Housing Summit. Special speakers include Maryland Lt. Governor, the Honorable Aruna Miller, Congressman Jamie Raskin, Congressman Glenn Ivey, acclaimed author and journalist Brian Goldstone ("There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America"), journalist and author Miranda Spivak, County Executive Marc Elrich, and former County Executive Ike Leggett.

This full-day event is devoted to listening, learning, discussing, debating, networking, and identifying solutions to the current affordable housing crisis. This year's theme, "The Future of Affordable Housing: Weathering the Storm," focuses on DOGE and its impact on the housing industry with specific attention to

affordability in Maryland and the DMV area.

Eight panel presentations with experts in the housing arena include topics ranging from budget cuts and costs for new construction and existing housing, maintenance and renovations, financing, zoning, housing for seniors and individuals with disabilities, transportation and housing, and rental vs. homeownership, etc.

A special awards program will recognize outstanding contributions in housing and community service. Honors include: Ike Leggett Community Partner of the Year, Eugene Ford, Sr., Builder of the Year, Sarbanes Excellence in Community Service, Sarbanes Excellence in Public Service, the Marvin Turner Affordable Housing Excellence Award, and Architectural Design Awards for New Construction and Renovations. Awardees include Brian Goldstone, Harkins Builders, Enterprise Community Partners, Bozzuto, Montgomery Housing Partners, and Donahoe Companies. The nationally recognized, Breaking the Barriers to Homeownership Contest will award first-time homebuyers down-payment and closing cost assistance grants to first-time homebuyers who submit winning essays on “What Homeownership Means to Me.”

This event is open to the press. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Enterprise Secures $116.4M for Affordable Housing in Maryland

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:17:20 GMT

New projects to construct, preserve and modernize 313 affordable apartments for seniors, families and formerly homeless veterans in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City Learn more>>>

AHCMC HOSTING WINTER 2023 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROUNDTABLE

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:53:02 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 24, 2023

Contact: Stephanie Killian

stephaniek@affordablehousingconference.org

(301) 520-1587

AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSTING

WINTER 2023 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROUNDTABLE

AHCMC continues to support affordable housing through education and advocacy.

Rockville, Md. (January 24, 2023) -- The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County today announced it is hosting a Winter 2023 Affordable Housing Roundtable at the Montgomery County Planning Department Headquarters in Wheaton on February 22, 2023, from 8:30 am to 12 Noon. The Roundtable will focus on two topics currently important to affordable housing: Tools and Techniques to Increase Affordable Housing Production, and Successful Tenant Purchases.

“The greatest problem facing affordable housing today is how to ramp up production,” AHCMC Co-Chair Ralph Bennett stated. Bennet continued, “Montgomery County needs more housing, including affordable housing.”

“Getting more rental housing is vitally important, but we also need ways to encourage homeownership for first-time homebuyers ,” said AHCMC Co-Chair Barbara Goldberg Goldman. “Tenants must be able to have the opportunity to purchase their buildings and be successful,” she stated.

Conference moderators and speakers will be experts and specialists in land use, zoning, affordable housing development, planning policies, and tenant purchase of properties. Information about the Roundtable can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/518699633567 , or by going to the AHCMC website, www.affordablehousingconference.org.

About The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County

The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County (AHCMC), a private non-profit now in its 32nd year, was formed to tackle affordable housing related issues and their impacts, specifically upon residents of Montgomery County, Maryland. The mission of AHCMC is to bring together elected officials, housing and community development leaders, business professionals, activists and others to work toward affordable housing solutions. The 32nd Annual Affordable Housing Summit will be on May 5, 2023, at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center.

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AHCMC ANNOUNCES 2023 PRIORITIES

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:48:43 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 24, 2023

Contact: Stephanie Killian

stephaniek@affordablehousingconference.org

(301) 520-1587

AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY

ANNOUNCES 2023 PRIORITIES

AHCMC continues to support affordable housing through education and advocacy.

Rockville, Md. (January 24, 2023)—The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County today announced its 2023 priorities that promote increased affordable housing production and preservation of existing affordable properties.

“This organization was formed 32 years ago to advocate for affordable housing, and the fight continues,” said AHCMC Co-Chair Barbara Goldberg Goldman. “Montgomery County needs housing that is affordable as a part of Montgomery County’s Social Justice and Economic Development strategies,” she stated.

“Our priorities reflect current and growing affordable housing needs of too many Montgomery County residents,” AHCMC Co-Chair Ralph Bennett stated. Bennet continued, “Families need to have adequate housing to thrive.”

The following priorities will be discussed at the conference’s Winter 2023 Roundtable on February 22, 2023, and at the Annual Housing Summit to be held on May 5, 2023. Further information about both events can be found at www.affordablehousingconference.org.

AHCMC 2023 PRIORITIES

The Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County supports and advocates for actions that:

Create opportunities for the public and elected officials to learn about, and advocate for, the need for affordable housing by facilitating the exchange of information, data, and facts about the community needs and benefits of more housing, especially affordable housing.
Increase the number of rental housing units, especially affordable units, throughout Montgomery County, and preserve existing affordable housing.
Encourage inclusive communities that have access to transportation, have a mixture of commercial and residential uses, and feature rental and for-sale housing for all income levels.
Enhance regional partnerships to encourage housing and to promote equity in affordable housing.
Increase homeownership opportunities for first-time and low-moderate income homebuyers, including assistance for tenant conversions and rights of first refusal.
Protect and assist tenants through anti-gouging laws, strict housing code enforcement, eviction protection programs, financial counseling, and building communication between landlords and tenants.
Promote the development of service-enriched housing, especially affordable housing, for seniors and for persons with disabilities.
Continue to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, homelessness.

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affordable-housing-conference

2026 Affordable Housing Summit Postponed

Maryland Comptroller Releases Report on Housing and the Economy

3 Hurdles to Building Accessory Dwelling Units

Montgomery County Supports 2,289 Affordable Homes in FY 2025

Mapping a Way Out of the US Housing Affordability Crisis

Senate Bill 689/House Bill 1018 Conventional Home Mortgage Loans-- Assumption and Disclosures

House Bill 273: Fairer Late Fees

House Bill 1466/Senate Bill 891: Accessory Dwelling Units

House Bill 4/Senate Bill 120: Solar Collector Systems

Addressing Washington, D.C.’s housing crisis

Governor Moore Signs Order to Boost Affordable Housing in Maryland

‘Priced Out’: NHC Warns Affordability Crisis Hitting Middle Class

Husband-Wife Team Bring Affordable Housing to D.C. Veterans

Recapping AOBA's State of Rental Housing in Suburban Maryland Series

AHCMC 34TH Annual Summit Announces Headliners

Enterprise Secures $116.4M for Affordable Housing in Maryland

AHCMC HOSTING WINTER 2023 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROUNDTABLE

AHCMC ANNOUNCES 2023 PRIORITIES

Montgomery County Supports 2,289 Affordable Homes in FY 2025