Category Archives: Community Development

The 2012 Commitment to Excellence Award Winners are Announced at Governor’s Housing Conference

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

OCTOBER 17 Baltimore – The Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition, the nonprofit advocacy organization that worked so successfully with DHCD to lobby on behalf of Governor O’Malley’s Rental Housing Initiative, was named Partner of the Year during the 2012 Commitment to … Continue reading →

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Targeting Revitalization in Maryland’s Greyfields: DHCD Launches Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

AUGUST 23 Crownsville, MD – DHCD has begun the application process for the new Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund, an initiative established this year by the legislature to help communities revitalize areas recommended in PlanMaryland, the state’s first comprehensive blueprint … Continue reading →

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Congressional Staffers Get Briefing on Maryland’s Homeownership, Neighborhood Stabilization Efforts

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

AUGUST 13 Crownsville, MD – Federal programs such as the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant program are mainstays in DHCD’s ability to assist families and local communities across the state, Secretary Skinner said Monday as he … Continue reading →

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DHCD Community Development Block Grant Funding Leads to much-needed repairs in Cambridge’s Mace’s Lane

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Cambridge, MD – The community development block grant supplied by DHCD provided much of the funding to make long-awaited streetscape improvements along Mace’s Lane and Bayly Road. These improvements included installation of sidewalks, gutters, curbs, storm drains, street lights and … Continue reading →

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Construction Begins on Foxtail Crossing II in Cambridge, First Under Weinberg Foundation Partnerships

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

JUNE 26 Cambridge, MD – Construction has begun on the Foxtail Crossing II development in Cambridge, the first of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg partnership properties providing affordable housing to low income households with disabilities to get under way.  Foxtail Crossing … Continue reading →

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State Leaders Celebrate Grand Opening of Union Mill, a “Model Neighborhood Revitalization Project” in Baltimore

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

JUNE 7 Baltimore – Secretary Skinner on Thursday joined Governor O’Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for the grand opening of Union Mill, the 19th century building on the banks of the Jones Falls that has become home for young teachers … Continue reading →

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$54 Million From Settlement to be Used for Foreclosure Prevention, Community Stabilization and Fraud Enforcement

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

MAY 30 Baltimore – Maryland will use $54 million from a landmark settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage lenders to boost foreclosure prevention programs, stabilize communities and expand housing-related enforcement and fraud prevention, state officials said today. Read a … Continue reading →

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Revitalization Projects in Baltimore and Hyattsville are Honored by Maryland Economic Development Association

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

MAY 1 Cambridge, MD – Projects to revitalize historic downtown Hyattsville and to redevelop the historic Union Mills district in Baltimore were big winners at the annual conference of the Maryland Economic Development Association. Arts District Hyattsville is a $213 … Continue reading →

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Revitalizing Downtowns: National Main Street Conference Gives Maryland the Opportunity to Highlight its Successes

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

APRIL 2 Baltimore – The annual National Main Streets conference kicked-off today with a keynote address from award-winning journalist Amy Cortese, author of Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It. The National Main Streets movement … Continue reading →

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Governor Presents Fiscal 2013 Budget; DHCD’s Sustainable Communities and Foreclosure Counseling Initiatives Supported

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

JANUARY 18 Annapolis, MD – DHCD will counsel an estimated 19,000 homeowners facing foreclosure and assist 185 new or expanding small businesses under Governor O’Malley’s proposed FY 2013 budget. The governor presented his proposal on Jan. 18, saying it invests … Continue reading →

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