Day Gives County Planners ‘Pre-Decisional’ Look at 2026 Housing Priorities

Day gives county planners ‘pre-decisional’ look at 2026 housing priorities

Housing Secretary Jake Day. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters)State housing officials are taking a lesson from the past legislative session and starting sooner, rather than later, to work out affordable housing priorities with county leaders. While Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced a broad overview of his housing priorities Saturday at the annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean City, county leaders were briefed …

State Roundup: Moore says he'll working toward affordable housing; court: part of state digital tax illegal; Rep. Harris threatens to help Trump pull financial funds from state ed dept

MOORE SAYS HE’LL WORK TOWARD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Gov. Wes Moore told a gathering of county leaders Saturday that he is preparing to take action that he said will ease the cost of housing by spurring new projects. “We must go faster on affordable housing,” Moore told an audience of county leaders and state Cabinet officials as he delivered the traditional speech to close out the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean Cit…

Governor Moore delivers keynote address at 2025 Maryland Association of Counties summer conference

OCEAN CITY, MD—Governor Wes Moore delivered a forceful call for urgent action to local leaders Saturday, urging them to accelerate efforts on key issues ranging from affordable housing to public safety in the face of federal policies that he said were “unraveling” the lives of Marylanders. Speaking at the closing session of the 2025 Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) summer conference in Ocean City, Moore said the state must “speed up” its …