Programs

Community Development Programs

• Affordable and Mix-Income Housing Development
• Preservation/Revitalization
• Community Center/Education
• Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Assistance
• Housing Rehabilitation Loans
• Weatherization Assistance Program
  • To learn how to apply, please contact DHCD directly at 1-855-583-8976 or click here
• Holland Forrest Landing Homeownership Program

Housing Assistance Programs

• Housing Choice Voucher Rental Assistance
  • Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
• Patuxent Woods – Multifamily Housing
• Family Unification Program (FUP)
• Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS)
• Voucher Homeownership Program
  • MMP – Maryland Mortgage Program (Interest Rates 2021)
• Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Voucher

Other Community Activities

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
  • Indian Bridge Apartments
  • Greenview Village Apartments
  • New Phoenix Townhomes
  • Spring Valley Apartments
• Community Legacy Program
• DHCD’s Community Development Administration Programs
• Maryland Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT)
• Maryland Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants
• Affordable Housing Program –  Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
• Continuum of Care Partner

Community Development Resources

HASMC’s Community Development program performs public outreach, program marketing, and agency partnering to improve the socio-economic status of the residents of St. Mary’s County. HASMC utilizes both State and Federal resources to support this program. Information on some of those resources can be found below:

• Community Legacy/Strategic Demolition etc.: Provides local governments and community development organizations with funding for essential projects aimed at strengthening communities through activities such as business retention and attraction, encouraging homeownership and commercial revitalization.
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): Provides grants to units of local government to carry out housing, public facility and economic development activities which predominantly benefit low and moderate-income persons.   The funds are restricted to the non-entitlement areas of the State, which include the rural counties and towns.
• Maryland Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT): MAHT promotes affordable housing for households earning less than 50% of area or State-wide median income.
• Multifamily Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability Program – EmPOWER (MEEHA-EmPOWER): Provides funding for energy efficiency measures in multifamily homes of low and moderate income households.
• Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA): a voluntary professional individual membership organization. Although it is voluntary to join, consistently over two-thirds of Maryland’s lawyers (approximately 25,000) and judges do so to be a part of the professional organization.
• The Rights of Landlords & Tenants