{"id":11075,"date":"2022-12-22T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=11075"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:24:00","slug":"maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-releases-fiscal-year-2015-2022-agency-impact-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/12\/22\/maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-releases-fiscal-year-2015-2022-agency-impact-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Releases Fiscal Year 2015-2022 Agency Impact Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agency Impact Report highlights the department\u2019s legacy over the last eight years under the Hogan-Rutherford Administration and leadership of Secretary Kenneth C. Holt<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Documents\/PressReleases\/DHCDAnnualReportFY15-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/12\/120522_FY22-Cover-Thumbnail-350x270px.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Fiscal Year 2015-2022 Agency Impact Report\" class=\"wp-image-11078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/12\/120522_FY22-Cover-Thumbnail-350x270px.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/12\/120522_FY22-Cover-Thumbnail-350x270px-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today released its Fiscal Year 2015-2022 Agency Impact Report. Over the last eight years, the department\u2019s more than $14.5 billion investment provided an economic impact of approximately $30 billion for the state, including $542.1 million in state and local taxes. More than 142,000 full-time equivalent jobs were created, generating $6.9 billion in wages and salaries. The report also provides an update on the agency\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery efforts, which includes the administration of $2 billion in state and federal aid toward eviction prevention and rental assistance, homeowner assistance, broadband access and infrastructure, and relief for Maryland\u2019s communities and businesses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department\u2019s programs and activities have benefitted Marylanders across the state \u2013 from an increase in affordable housing opportunities to revitalization efforts spurring economic opportunities in neighborhoods. For the third consecutive year, the Maryland Mortgage Program has surpassed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/03\/24\/maryland-mortgage-program-recognizes-top-lender-and-realtor-partners-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than $1 billion in loan reservations<\/a> with borrowers receiving $128 million in down payment assistance. As the state\u2019s housing finance agency, affordable rental housing production has reached unprecedented levels, with more than 28,000 affordable units financed. The department\u2019s Neighborhood Revitalization programs have provided more than $978 million in revitalization projects, and services to improve Maryland\u2019s diverse communities. The department supported Governor Hogan\u2019s commitment to ensure Maryland remains \u201copen for business,&#8221; through small business assistance programs, including approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/12\/07\/project-restore-governor-hogan-announces-awards-for-376-businesses-to-revitalize-downtowns-and-main-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$50 million in Project Restore grants<\/a>. The department has also invested approximately $230 million for energy efficiency and green building initiatives, helping to reduce utility costs to achieve an average estimated annual savings of $398 on household energy bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about the department\u2019s impact <a aria-label=\"Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Fiscal Year 2015-2022 Agency Impact Report\" href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Documents\/PressReleases\/DHCDAnnualReportFY15-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency Impact Report highlights the department\u2019s legacy over the last eight years under the Hogan-Rutherford Administration and leadership of Secretary Kenneth C. Holt The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today released its Fiscal Year 2015-2022 Agency Impact Report. Over the last eight years, the department\u2019s more than $14.5 billion investment provided an economic<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/12\/22\/maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-releases-fiscal-year-2015-2022-agency-impact-report\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,214,7,8,120,10,13,46,121,16,20,23,25,26,33,161,224,28,165,166,93,31,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-housing","category-broadband","category-community-development","category-community-legacy","category-disaster-recovery","category-energy-efficiency","category-foreclosure-prevention","category-governor-hogan","category-homelessness","category-homeownership","category-main-street-maryland","category-maryland-mortgage-program","category-neighborhood-businessworks","category-neighborhood-revitalization","category-press-releases","category-project-c-o-r-e","category-project-restore","category-small-business-development","category-smartbuy","category-smartbuy-maryland-mortgage-program","category-special-loans","category-sustainable-communities","category-weatherization"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11075"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11665,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11075\/revisions\/11665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}