Maryland Gov. Moore announces nearly $37 million investment in affordable housing

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Thursday that the state will invest $36.8 million to build and preserve affordable housing ...
WBAL

Maryland tenants gain new protections against high late rent penalties

Starting October 1, 2025, Maryland’s new landlord-tenant law (HB 273) will limit late rent fees to 5% of the unpaid balance, not the full rent amount. The law offers stronger protections for tenants, ...
The Baltimore Sun

Maryland housing plan is bold, but not bold enough | GUEST COMMENTARY

Maryland is in a housing crisis. According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, we are short 96,000 homes due to years of underbuilding, causing home prices and rents to skyrocket ...
WGAL

Ocean City enforces new short-term rental rules

AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, AND MAYBE YOU’RE PLANNING A TRIP TO OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND THIS SUMMER. HEADING TO THE BEACH? WELL, THERE ARE SOME NEW RULES SURROUNDING SHORT TERM RENTALS. THIS APPLIES TO ...
Government Technology

E-Rent Pilot Builds on Maryland Judiciary Digitization Work

Baltimore County’s E-rent Pilot Program is streamlining how landlords file important documents, as part of the larger Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC) project. The E-rent Pilot Program is the next ...
NBC Washington

Maryland Judges Differ on ‘what Is Rent?'

BALTIMORE (AP) — It seems like a fairly straightforward question: What is rent? But judges across Maryland who preside over eviction requests are struggling with the answer. For decades, landlords in ...