Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition

YouTube video by Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition ADU Webinar 8 Oct 2025

Watch our webinar on ADUs in Howard County! youtu.be/YlmaQYnYCsM?...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Expanding Opportunities for Accessory Dwelling Units. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Housing Affordability Coalition on October 8 at 7 pm for a timely webinar exploring proposed updates to Howard County’s zoning regulations that would expand opportunities for Accessory Dwelli...

Reminder to sign up for our ADU webinar this Wednesday October 8 at 7pm! #affordablehousing #hocomd us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

All About Accessory Dwelling Units As small houses or apartments that exist on the same property lot as a single-family residence, Accessory Dwelling Units — or ADUs — play a major role in serving a national housing need.

In preparation possible upcoming ADU legislation, here is a great primer on ADUs courtesy of @aarp.org

www.aarp.org/livable-comm...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Expanding Opportunities for Accessory Dwelling Units. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Housing Affordability Coalition on October 8 at 7 pm for a timely webinar exploring proposed updates to Howard County’s zoning regulations that would expand opportunities for Accessory Dwelli...

Join us and staff from Department of Planning and Zoning on 10/8 at 7 pm for a webinar exploring proposed updates to Howard County’s zoning regulations that would expand opportunities for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Register in link!

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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"Housing needs to be available and affordable at every price point so that we can attract and retain residents and businesses that enable economic growth,” said Maryland Comptroller @brookelierman.bsky.social news.maryland.gov/dhcd/2025/07....

Gov. Moore’s sprawling executive order aims to boost Maryland housing stock It’s unclear how many more units the governor’s executive order would induce, and to what extent it fills Maryland’s housing gap.

www.thebanner.com/community/ho...

Thank you to Coalition members who showed up last week with @govwesmoore.bsky.social in support of affordable housing!

Need for speed: Executive order aims to reduce administrative hurdles to new housing - Maryland Matters When it comes to solving Maryland’s significant housing shortage, the Moore administration believes that time is of the essence -- and that current state processes aren’t moving fast enough.

“The reality is simple folks – without housing, we cannot solve the housing affordability crisis,” -Jake Day MD Secretary of Housing

marylandmatters.org/2025/09/04/n...

New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the mos...

"The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the most in lower-income neighborhoods with older buildings" www.pew.org/en/research-...

No country for young families "Having a child is like having leprosy." The dark side of senior housing projects.

www.theargumentmag.com/p/no-country...

Moore hints at coming effort to spur affordable housing construction - Maryland Matters Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told a gathering of county leaders Saturday that he is preparing to take action that he said will ease the cost of housing by spurring new projects.

"It’s not just our people who are hurting, It’s Maryland’s housing market and economy. If we want to build new bridges to wealth, bring down costs...we need to prioritize housing that’s affordable and located near jobs and transportation." @govwesmoore.bsky.social marylandmatters.org/2025/08/16/m...

Cycle of Segregation: A Two-Part Book Discussion | Howard County Library System Events Calendar of Howard County Library System

This Thursday join The Howard County Library System and Columbia Housing Center for an important discussion on housing and segregation. howardcounty.librarycalendar.com/event/cycle-...

Maryland continues to pose affordability challenges for low-income renters, report finds - Maryland Matters Rental options continue to be widely unaffordable for most low-income workers in Maryland, where a renter needs to make more than twice the minimum wage to afford a one-bedroom apartment, according to...

"ranked Maryland as the eighth-most difficult state for low-income renters to afford." marylandmatters.org/2025/08/12/m...

Warren Statement on Bipartisan Housing Package Advancing Unanimously Out of Banking Committee | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The ROAD to Housing Act will take important steps to boost the nation’s housing supply, improve housing affordability, help reduce homelessness, and expand access to homeownership.

"We need more housing options everywhere, for everyone."
@warren.senate.gov

www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...

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There's another opportunity to advocate for affordable housing for The Gateway Master Plan this time in front of the Planning Board Thursday August 7, at 7pm. Register in link below!

howardcountymd.webex.com/webappng/sit...

2025 Maryland Housing Justice Summit Join Renters United Maryland and tenants, advocates, service providers, and others as we continue building our collective power and plan for the future of housing justice across Maryland! We'll reflec...

Join Renters United Maryland and tenants, advocates, service providers, and others as we continue building our collective power and plan for the future of housing justice across Maryland!
actionnetwork.org/events/2025-...

Patuxent Commons Introducing Patuxent Commons

Initial leasing for Patuxent Commons will occur via a Housing Lottery for all unit types, to ensure it is an equitable process. Lottery registration will be open August 1-10, 2025.

Click on link below to apply!
patuxentcommons.com?link_id=0&ca...

www.jchs.harvard.edu/son-2025-hom...

Gateway Master Plan – Public Draft Comment Form Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

The Coalition is advocating that the Gateway draft plan be revised to strengthen the commitment to affordable housing, in line with policy recommendations from HoCo by Design, our County's general plan.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/gatewaypub...

Grace Kubofcik, Howard County political activist, dies at 83 Kubofcik, who also loved spending time with family and doting on her grandchildren, died June 9 of a pulmonary blood clot. She was 83.

Grace Kubofcik is remembered as a gentle and well-informed advocate who always tried to do the right thing. Her family planted a tree in her memory at the Howard County Conservancy, where they will also host a celebration of life on 7/11 6-10 pm www.thebaltimorebanner.com/obituaries/g...

Buying a house in Howard County? You may be waiting a while Healthy real estate markets typically have about a six-month supply of homes at any given time. Howard County has just a few weeks’ worth.

For a time, Duvall said, Howard County’s unaffordability affected predominantly low and moderate-income households. Now it has crept into the middle class, threatening to displace Howard’s young adults, as well as its service workers, small business owners

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...

Yesterday, Howard County lost a great woman, Grace Kubofcik, one of our steering committee members. She was a tireless advocate for affordable housing and cared deeply about creating an inclusive community.

The 1% solution: Regulating new construction is a really slow way to change an entire city Even the most radical changes to newly-built homes won’t change much about America’s housing situation until decades from now. That’s because the vast majority of tomorrow’s housing was built…yesterda...

"Assigning blame for social problems to new development shields existing residents from their own responsibility for those problems, and perpetuates a reassuring but wrong idea that these problems can be solved at little cost or inconvenience to them.” ggwash.org/view/97978/t...

Send an email to apfo@howardcountymd.gov by 5/23 to express support for the Coalition's position:

"Support APFO Review Committee's recommendation to end waiting periods for new housing. Exempt affordable housing from the surcharge and apply the new surcharge fees only to new market-rate housing."

If you missed our webinar on changing the narrative around APFO, housing and schools, you can view it on our YouTube channel. You can also review the slides in the link below. drive.google.com/file/d/1vmpD...

YouTube video by Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition APFO and Related Narratives - Webinar Recording - 13 May 2025

Don't worry if you missed last night's webinar! Discussion on APFO and housing is online #affordablehousing #hocomd @lizwalshhoco.bsky.social @mercerrigby.bsky.social youtu.be/JCxf851rdN8?...

(Webinar) Housing, Schools, Spending and Demographics: Exploring the Established Narratives I'm attending a webinar on May 13 at 7 pm from the Housing Affordability Coalition: "Housing, Schools, Spending and Demographics: Exploring the Established Narratives" Howard County’s General Plan in...

Join our webinar 5/13 at 7p to learn more about housing in Howard County! actionnetwork.org/events/webin...