{"id":12559,"date":"2025-02-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=12559"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:23:36","slug":"maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-secretary-jake-day-honored-with-advocacy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2025\/02\/28\/maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-secretary-jake-day-honored-with-advocacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day Honored with Advocacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary Day\u2019s leadership recognized by Bridges To Housing Stability with \u201cAdvocate For Change\u201d award\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (February 28, 2025) –<\/b> Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day was recently recognized for his leadership to create more affordable housing in Maryland by an advocacy group dedicated to ending homelessness.<\/p>\n

Secretary Day was presented with the \u201cAdvocate for Change\u201d award by Bridges To Housing Stability<\/a>, a Columbia-based non-profit, during its \u201cHeroes for Housing\u201d event on Monday, February 17. Bridges to Housing Stability\u2019s mission is to provide a path to self-sufficiency to prevent and end homelessness in Howard County through affordable housing solutions and advocacy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to have our work recognized by an organization dedicated to ending homelessness and who advocates for one of our most vulnerable populations on a daily basis,\u201d said Secretary Day.<\/b> \u201cBut being named an Advocate For Change isn\u2019t just about my work – it is a united effort by all of us within and beyond the Moore-Miller Administration to address housing instability and insecurity in this state. We will continue this fight and it will be won with partnerships with our public officials and great non-profit organizations like Bridges To Housing Stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Bridges is proud to present the Advocate for Change Award to Secretary Day, whose leadership in housing advocacy has transformed lives across Maryland. His work in championing transformative legislation \u2014 including the Housing Expansion and Affordability Act, the Housing and Community Development Financing Act, and the Renters\u2019 Rights and Stabilization Act \u2014 has helped thousands facing housing instability and homelessness,\u201d said Jen Broderick, Executive Director of Bridges to Housing Stability.<\/b> \u201cHis deep understanding of the housing crisis and its impact on Bridges\u2019 clients, who struggle to secure affordable homes, is evident in every action he takes. For those we serve, housing is truly life-changing.”<\/p>\n

Secretary Day is the first recipient of the \u201cAdvocate For Change\u201d award, which was given in recognition of his exceptional work in advancing affordable housing initiatives across the state of Maryland, including the support of the Moore-Miller\u2019s historic housing package that addresses concentrated poverty in Maryland\u2019s marginalized communities, reduces instability in Maryland\u2019s housing supply and affordability, and enhances rights for Maryland renters.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Department\u2019s work to address Maryland\u2019s housing crisis, visit dhcd.maryland.gov\/TurningtheKey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Secretary Day\u2019s leadership recognized by Bridges To Housing Stability with \u201cAdvocate For Change\u201d award\u00a0 NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (February 28, 2025) – Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day was recently recognized for his leadership to create more affordable housing in Maryland by an advocacy group dedicated to ending homelessness. Secretary Day was  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":12560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285,121,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-features","category-homelessness","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559","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\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12561,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559\/revisions\/12561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}