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Committee hears call to license community association managers amid concerns about theft and oversight
Summary
Delegate Marvin Holmes told the committee March 27 that Maryland currently requires only a business card to operate as a common ownership community manager and urged licensure to prevent misconduct; opponents raised cost concerns and impacts on homeowners.
Delegate Marvin Holmes presented House Bill 303 to the Judicial Proceedings Committee on March 27, seeking licensure for common ownership community managers in Maryland. Holmes argued that anyone can currently print a business card and act as a manager with no training, bonding or oversight and that the absence of licensing has led to instances where managers "absconded with millions of dollars," a claim he illustrated with a local example of a community that lost $2.5 million.
"In order to be a community manager in the state of Maryland, you need 1 thing: a business…
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