# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 7. Assisted Housing Preservation Act

### Subtitle 4. Enforcement

#### Section 7-401

This title may be enforced at law or in equity by:

(1) the Department;

(2) an assisted household in occupancy when the owner delivered or should have delivered a notice of intent;

(3) a political subdivision where the assisted project is located; or

(4) the public housing authority.

#### Section 7-402

To enforce this title, a court may enjoin an action:

(1) prohibited by this title; or

(2) taken before preliminary actions required by this title have been completed.

#### Section 7-403

A violation of this title is within the scope of the enforcement duties and powers of the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General under Title 13 of the Commercial Law Article, if the violation results in:

(1) displacement of a tenant or former tenant from an assisted unit;

(2) increased rents for a tenant or former tenant of an assisted unit; or

(3) another violation of the rights of a tenant or former tenant of an assisted unit.

#### Section 7-404

(a)

  (1) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement or report in a document that is required to be submitted under this title.

  (2) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement or report to influence the action of the Department in connection with this title.

(b) A person who violates this title is subject to civil liability and to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000,000.

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