# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 10. Maryland Affordable Housing Trust

### Subtitle 2. Maryland Affordable Housing Trust Fund

#### Section 10-202

(a) The Board shall use the Fund to make awards to:

  (1) help acquire, build, rehabilitate, or preserve affordable housing;

  (2) help nonprofit organizations develop affordable housing; and

  (3) help promote affordable housing by contributing to pay the operating expenses of housing developments.

(b) In any fiscal year, the Board may use up to 5% of the Fund to pay actual operating and staffing expenses directly related to the activities of the Trust.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)