# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 8. Community Action Agencies

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 8-103

The purposes of this title are to:

(1) strengthen the ability of communities to plan and coordinate available federal, State, local, and private resources by making the resources more responsive to local needs and conditions; and

(2) strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts to combat the causes and problems of poverty in the State by:

  (i) mobilizing resources of private and public economic entities to increase opportunities for low-income State residents to develop skills, knowledge, and capabilities;

  (ii) developing the full potential of low-income State residents so that everyone can live in decency and dignity and achieve individual and family self-sufficiency; and

  (iii) promoting the development, evaluation, and use of new approaches to attack the causes and problems of poverty.

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