# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 4. Division of Development Finance

### Subtitle 12. Partnership Rental Housing Program

#### Section 4-1202

The General Assembly finds that:

(1) there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing for households of lower income;

(2) the private sector often cannot develop, improve, operate, and maintain housing for households of lower income; and

(3) to address this shortage, a partnership is needed among the State, political subdivisions, housing authorities, the private sector, and households of lower income to develop, operate, and maintain housing for households of lower income.

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