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Prince George's Council backs amendments to Housing for Jobs bill, seeks local exceptions and alternate job data
Summary
The committee debated the statewide Housing for Jobs Act, heard county planning data, and voted unanimously to authorize county staff to pursue a "notwithstanding" amendment for Prince George's County and to ask the state to use regional Council of Governments job data for housing calculations.
The Prince George's County Council's General Assembly Committee on March 11 examined the Housing for Jobs Act and approved two amendment strategies intended to protect the county's interests as the bill advances in Annapolis.
Planning Director Lakisha Hall briefed the committee on local housing production and on how the state derived its job-to-housing ratios. Hall said the county issued roughly 5,600 residential permits in 2024, including about 1,340 permits for townhomes/duplexes/condos, 744 single-family permits and roughly 3,500 multifamily permits. Hall told the committee the state used American Community Survey and other…
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