# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 6. Division of Neighborhood Revitalization

### Subtitle 2. Community Legacy Program

#### Section 6-212

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a sustainable community shall receive priority for State funding under the:

  (1) Community Legacy Program under this subtitle;

  (2) Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program for commercial properties under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;

  (3) Neighborhood Business Development Program under Subtitle 3 of this title;

  (4) Maryland Historical Trust Grant Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and

  (5) Speaker Adrienne A. Jones African American Heritage Preservation Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(b) Priority for State funding provided under subsection (a) of this section is available in a sustainable community only if:

  (1) a political subdivision issues bonds, notes, or other similar instruments for that sustainable community under:

    (i) Title 21, Subtitle 4, Part II of the Local Government Article;

    (ii) Title 21, Subtitle 5 of the Local Government Article; or

    (iii) Title 12, Subtitle 2 of the Economic Development Article; or

  (2) a political subdivision demonstrates to the appropriate unit of State government that the political subdivision has funded infrastructure improvements in that sustainable community.

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