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New needs assessment: Baltimore County faces shortfall of nearly 19,000 very‑low‑income rental units
Summary
Terry Hickey, director of Baltimore County’s Department of Housing and Community Development, told the Planning Board that the county’s housing needs assessment found just under 24,000 renter households at or below 30% AMI but only about 4,900 available units — an estimated gap of nearly 19,000 units, and broader affordability pressures across income bands.
Terry Hickey, director of Baltimore County’s Department of Housing and Community Development, presented a housing needs assessment to the Planning Board on Feb. 19 that found a substantial shortfall of units affordable at the lowest income levels and a broader mismatch between housing stock and household demand.
Hickey said the assessment — prepared with Guidehouse Consulting and the University of Pennsylvania Housing Initiative — uses 2025 AMI figures to map household size and affordability bands. He told the board the assessment identified roughly just under 24,000 existing renter households at or below 30% of area median income (AMI) but only about 4,900 units affordable and available at that level, leaving a gap of nearly 19,000 units.
"We have a housing challenge," Hickey said. "There's not enough housing…
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