# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 12. Provisions of Statewide Applicability

### Subtitle 5. Powers and Limitations on Powers

#### Section 12-507

A State public body may not require changes to be made in a housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to the construction if the authority:

(1) has acquired or taken over the housing project from the federal government; and

(2) has found and declared by resolution that the housing project was constructed in a way that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation, and other protection.

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