{"id":13292,"date":"2026-01-09T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13292"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:28:20","slug":"state-of-maryland-publishes-housing-production-targets-for-jurisdictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/01\/09\/state-of-maryland-publishes-housing-production-targets-for-jurisdictions\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Maryland Publishes Housing Production Targets for Jurisdictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New report highlights levels of housing production needed to address Maryland\u2019s statewide housing unit shortage<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>NEW CARROLLTON, MD <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(January 9, 2026)<\/span><b> \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development on December 31 published the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/HousingStartsHere\/Documents\/housing-starts-here-executive-order-summary.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2030 Housing Production Targets for the State of Maryland<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> report, which estimates the number of housing units needed to house every projected Maryland household in 2030. The report also establishes annual housing production benchmarks for jurisdictions that reflect both the severe and urgent need to address the state\u2019s housing shortage and a realistic scaling of current production trends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMaryland\u2019s housing shortage didn\u2019t happen overnight, and it won\u2019t be solved without clear goals and shared accountability,\u201d <\/span><b>said Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThis report puts numbers to what families across the state are feeling every day \u2013 that costs are too high and there is not enough housing to meet demand. By setting transparent, achievable housing production targets, we are giving local leaders a common framework to strategize, invest, and work together to make Maryland more affordable for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/news\/press\/pages\/governor-moore-signs-executive-order-to-increase-housing-production-and-make-housing-more-affordable-across-maryland.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Housing Starts Here Executive Order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> signed by Governor Moore in September 2025, the Department will publish housing production targets for the state, each county, and each municipality that exercises land use authority every five years. The Department will assess annually the progress of the State and each jurisdiction toward housing production targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lack of available housing for sale and for rent increases housing prices in Maryland and has meaningful consequences for Maryland families, especially low-income households<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report builds on the Department\u2019s work to make Maryland more affordable by supporting collaboration between the state and local governments in meeting Maryland\u2019s housing needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some key findings from the report include:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland is projected to need an additional 184,784 housing units to house projected households. At current average permitting rates, the state is on track to produce only half of the needed amount (94,620 units), which would deepen Maryland\u2019s severe housing affordability crisis..\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To produce enough housing to house the number of Maryland households in 2030, the state would need to complete 36,957 housing units annually over the next five years, effectively double the current permitting rate.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While doubling the state\u2019s housing permitting rate in the next year is not feasible, doubling it through sustained policy reform over the next five years is both achievable and imperative to address the devastating impact the current lack of housing availability has on Maryland households.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statewide housing targets therefore reflect a five-year scaling up of production to approach the need. If the state meets its housing targets by 2030, 84% of estimated 2030 housing units needed will be approved for construction and the vast majority of those units will be occupiable by households in the following 6-36 months.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report quantifies statewide housing production goals, creating a measurable public objective and making the consequences of housing underproduction apparent to help focus policy and investment decisions toward improving housing availability for Maryland households.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAccess to housing is a critical issue for Maryland families and key to our state\u2019s economic competitiveness,\u201d <\/span><b>said Howard County Executive Calvin Ball.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cI strongly support efforts to expand homeownership opportunities that create generational wealth and economic mobility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It&#8217;s important to note that housing is a critical issue, even for smaller towns and rural areas across the state,&#8221; <\/span><b>said Megan Cook, Mayor of Easton<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;The actionable targets laid out by the Governor&#8217;s office set the goals for our future into motion \u2014 with housing production through 2030 that will help not only low-income families, but also essential community workforce members such as firefighters, teachers, paramedics, and law enforcement.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Baltimore&#8217;s Renaissance is here, and we want to make sure all of our residents, especially those in areas that have borne the brunt of disinvestment, feel the benefits,\u201d <\/span><b>said Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cGenerations after the first redlining laws were signed here in Baltimore, building more affordable, high-quality housing is key to undoing the damage of intentional disinvestment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI appreciate the state&#8217;s leadership to work together with counties and cities to establish new housing targets to address the housing affordability and economic needs of Maryland residents. Housing is not just about buildings\u2014it\u2019s about people, opportunity, and belonging,\u201d <\/span><b>said Monique Ashton, Mayor of Rockville<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;Access to quality, affordable housing allows families to put down roots, strengthens neighborhoods, and ensures that our seniors have safe places to live. This report reinforces the urgency of addressing our housing shortage so that our state, counties, and cities remain inclusive and can thrive.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the 2030 Maryland State Housing Targets Report on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/HousingStartsHere\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Housing Starts Here webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New report highlights levels of housing production needed to address Maryland\u2019s statewide housing unit shortage NEW CARROLLTON, MD (January 9, 2026) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development on December 31 published the 2030 Housing Production Targets for the State of Maryland report, which estimates the number of housing units needed to house<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/01\/09\/state-of-maryland-publishes-housing-production-targets-for-jurisdictions\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":12944,"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":[280,301,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-governor-moore","category-policy-and-research","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292","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\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13294,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions\/13294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}