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Council introduces ordinance to sell 5021 Lakeland Road for permanently affordable housing partnership

City of College Park Mayor and Council · February 25, 2026
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Summary

The council introduced Ordinance 26-002 to allow sale of city-owned 5021 Lakeland Road to a City-University partnership and Habitat for Humanity to create a permanently affordable home; staff described the transaction structure, partners, and a March 9 community feedback meeting and scheduled the public hearing for March 24.

City planning staff and partnership representatives presented a proposal to transfer city-owned property at 5021 Lakeland Road to the College Park City-University Partnership/Community Preservation Trust to support a permanently affordable homeownership project with Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland.

Senior planner Carlos Nunez and partnership director Orlando Velez outlined the transaction structure: the city paid about $205,426 for the lot in 2025; the proposed sale price is approximately $105,000…

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