Affordable Housing

  • Expand the current Moderate Income Housing Unit requirement of 10-15% of development projects to apply to all of Howard County, including New Town (areas assessed by the Columbia Association).
  • Require 15% of the Downtown Columbia Redevelopment to be affordable housing, affordable to a range of people making, on average, 50% of the Howard County Area Median Income (approximately $54,000/year).
  • Increase county funding for affordable housing by $20 Million a year.
  • Work with PATH to identify and help develop properties with affordable housing, including congregation, county and non-profit land.

In the News

Video: PATH Unity Action on WMAR (ABC)

100 PATH leaders and 10 clergy gathered at Maryum Islamic Center Saturday night to deepen relationships and stand against increasing hatred aimed toward Muslims.

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Video: PATH Unity Action on WJZ (CBS)

100 PATH leaders and 10 clergy gathered at Maryum Islamic Center Saturday night to deepen relationships and stand against increasing hatred aimed toward Muslims.

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PATH leaders promote unity after recent terror attacks

On Saturday, nearly 100 people of a range of faiths and beliefs crowded into the Maryum center to hear messages of tolerance from Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders aimed at countering the potential targeting of Muslims and preventing the development of a wedge between Muslims and others that they say is desired by extremists.

People Acting Together in Howard, or PATH, planned the event…

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PATH Leaders work with County Council to override County Executive Veto!

After nearly six months of back-and-forth, a bill creating a set of nutritional guidelines for the food and drink sold in Howard County government vending machines was voted, for a final time, into law today.

The legislation, which requires a certain percentage of the food and drink offerings in county vending machines to meet a set of caloric, fat and sugar guidelines. was first passed by the County Council in early July, and then vetoed a week later by County Executive Allan Kittleman.

The 4-1 decision Friday traced party lines, with the council’s lone Republican member, Greg Fox, casting the only dissenting vote. He and Kittleman argue that the bill chips away at personal freedoms.

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