Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition

Our goal is to achieve community understanding, policy making and regulatory decisions that leads to an increase in access to Howard County affordable housing

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Housing Affordability Coalition - APFO Recommendations https://t.co/rDKSh8Vpnh

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Register in the link below to join our webinar Feb 19 at 7pm to hear about important state housing bills.
@MDHousing and @PathforPower will be presenting https://t.co/3uS2Xbe0iy

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"By making housing more affordable, we will create more good-paying jobs, grow our economy, and turn more renters into home-owners." @GovWesMoore https://t.co/QQiBGdNs5C

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Sign up for our Feb. 19 webinar which will feature:

Chuck Cook Chief Legislative Officer of @MDHousing Housing for Jobs bill in the General Assembly.

Cynthia Marshall, Executive Director of @PathforPower will address the Good Cause Eviction bill

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On Jan. 27, the Trump Administration announced a freeze of federal financial assistance programs. This threatens housing programs, including homelessness support, rental assistance, and other initiatives

Send a message to your elected representatives. https://t.co/d60YSswek8

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Let your voice be heard at the Gateway Master Plan meeting on 1/21 at 5:30p-7:30p

Location: Howard County Recreation & Parks Headquarters, 7120 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, MD 21045

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"Twenty-eight percent of households were renters and 45 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.

Howard built 1,212 units in 2023; an estimated 1,714 units are needed annually to meet future housing demand."
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Join Howard County's Department of Planning and Zoning at the public meeting to hear a presentation about the Gateway Master Plan 1/21. https://t.co/k54ia2eV0A

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APFO (Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance) committee is having a virtual only meeting tonight. It can be viewed in the link below at 6pm. https://t.co/4bPhpXf1yJ

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supportive of adding the fewer number of LIHUs in the project. These units are severely needed for seniors in our community. (4/4)

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Brown’s Motel Redevelopment

There has been some confusion about whether or not affordable housing will be included in the redevelopment of the Route 40 Brown’s Motel property and whether or not a fee-in-lieu will be paid. As this is a new, age-restricted property, statute (1/4)

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Community Development Board recommended approval of the developer’s request that will result in integration of 3 low-income housing units (LIHUs) into the 89-unit age-restricted rental development. While the Coalition is disappointed to lose 6 affordable units, we are (3/4)

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allows a developer to pay a fee-in-lieu rather than integrating Moderate Income Housing Units (MIHUs) into the development (9 units—10% of the total project—in this case). To ensure that there will be some affordable units in the development, the Department of Housing and (2/4)

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“We are excited to begin construction on [Artist Flats] mixed-income residential development in Downtown Columbia, offering homes for people with a wide range of incomes, including educators, health care workers, and other valued members of the community” https://t.co/iV5d4yjTYH

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"The primary way to solve our housing crisis is to build our way out of it." https://t.co/pqkETRNxFz

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"Why is this happening? For decades, thanks to restrictive zoning laws and increasing construction costs, we simply haven’t built enough new housing."

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"This housing crisis is largely a supply crisis, and not just because people aren’t selling their homes. The country simply hasn’t built enough new homes to keep pace with a growing population: Zillow puts the shortage at 4.5 million homes" https://t.co/yu3Ycc5NVt