Montgomery County Supports 2,289 Affordable Homes in FY 2025
October 9, 2025
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.
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. Learn More>>
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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. Learn More>>
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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>>>
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). Learn More>>
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. Learn More>>
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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>>>