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Montgomery County Council proclaims Affordable Housing Month, highlights $100 million housing production fund
Summary
At its April 22 meeting the Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee presented a proclamation marking Affordable Housing Month and underscored county programs including a $100,000,000 Housing Production Fund and a $50,000,000 Nonprofit Preservation Fund.
At its April 22, 2025 meeting, the Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee read a proclamation recognizing Affordable Housing Month and reviewed county programs aimed at preserving and producing affordable homes.
Council Member Friedson invited nonprofit and agency partners to the dais and said Montgomery County is “the birthplace and the home of inclusionary zoning with the MPDU, moderately priced dwelling unit program.” The proclamation and remarks highlighted two sizable county programs: a $100,000,000 Housing Production Fund administered through the Housing Opportunities Commission and a $50,000,000 Nonprofit Preservation Fund intended to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing.
The proclamation was read by members of the Planning, Housing and Parks Committee on behalf of the full Council. Speakers from government and nonprofit partners described how those programs and other county efforts support a range of housing types and resident services. Scott Bruton of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Summer Cross, chief of housing at DHCA, attended the ceremony. Lloyd Fries, chair of the Housing Opportunities Commission, and Chelsea Andrews, president of the Housing Opportunities Commission, were present and joined nonprofit partners in thanking the Council for county support.
Leila Finucane of Victory Housing said the county helped the organization expand senior housing, and noted a county Department of Environmental Protection grant to electrify one of Victory’s older senior properties. Sarah Redinger of Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland said the county “helps support our new construction projects, our rehab projects” and funds home-preservation work. Other organizations represented at the event included Montgomery Housing Partnership, Montgomery Housing Alliance, Housing Unlimited, Enterprise Community Partners, and the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors.
The proclamation text—read aloud by committee members—commemorated Affordable Housing Month and described the county’s commitment to “equity, access and opportunity in housing,” cited the MPDU inclusionary zoning program and the two funds, and resolved that the council “recommits to building more homes and upholding the principles of fairness and dignity in housing.” The committee chair read the proclamation on behalf of the full County Council.
The event combined ceremonial recognition with policy description: speakers described existing programs, recent awards and grants, and partnerships with county agencies. No formal council action (vote or ordinance) was taken at the ceremony; the item on the agenda was a proclamation and recognition.
