{"id":13461,"date":"2026-03-04T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13461"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:54:18","slug":"public-notice-tenant-selection-plan-training-for-housing-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/03\/04\/public-notice-tenant-selection-plan-training-for-housing-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Tenant Selection Plan Training for Housing Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), through the Community Development Administration (CDA), will host a virtual training session for housing providers regarding CDA\u2019s tenant selection policy and screening requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In August 2024, CDA implemented a policy requiring housing providers receiving CDA funding to use CDA\u2019s tenant selection criteria when screening tenants. This training will help property owners and managers understand how to implement these requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The training, presented in partnership with the <\/span><b>Vera Institute of Justice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, will cover:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Criminal record screening procedures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How screening policies interact with the Fair Housing Act<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guidance on conducting an Individualized Assessment when reviewing applicant records<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Training Details<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Tuesday, March 17, 2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><b>Time:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m. (EST)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participants must <\/span><b>RSVP in advance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to receive the virtual meeting link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hxIylDTvpkeREDdvMvO4Bhz6JjWgaKxFoNIeyMhVZvZURFNEV05OUFVURTNFMUpFU0UwNDk4S0pDUC4u\"><b>RSVP Request Link<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), through the Community Development Administration (CDA), will host a virtual training session for housing providers regarding CDA\u2019s tenant selection policy and screening requirements. In August 2024, CDA implemented a policy requiring housing providers receiving CDA funding to use CDA\u2019s tenant selection criteria when screening tenants. This<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/03\/04\/public-notice-tenant-selection-plan-training-for-housing-providers\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":11497,"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":[7,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-development","category-legal-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461","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\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13462,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions\/13462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}