# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 12. Provisions of Statewide Applicability

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 12-105

(a) An authority of a municipal corporation or Baltimore City may:

  (1) operate within its territorial boundaries; and

  (2) without regard to location:

    (i) administer rent subsidy payments and housing assistance programs for both eligible landlords and tenants;

    (ii) own or manage housing projects in operation before January 1, 1990; and

    (iii) develop, own, or operate a housing project at the request of and within the territorial boundaries of another political subdivision.

(b)

  (1) Anywhere in its county an authority of a county may:

    (i) administer rent subsidy payments and housing assistance programs for both eligible landlords and tenants; and

    (ii) own or manage housing projects in operation before:

      (1) January 1, 1990, if the authority is of Baltimore City; or

      (2) January 1, 1991, if the authority is of another county.

  (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, an authority of a county may conduct its other operations within the county.

  (3) An authority of a county other than Baltimore City may not conduct its other operations within a municipal corporation unless the governing body of the municipal corporation consents by resolution to its inclusion in the authority's area of operation.

(c) An authority created under Sec. 12-208 of this title may conduct its operations in the area prescribed under its articles of organization.

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