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May 7, 2021
Democratic leaders from some of Maryland s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter sent this week to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), arguing a more robust stay on evictions would give them time to stand up rent relief programs.
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In the letter to Hogan, local leaders said they need more time to get federal rent relief funding to tenants and landlords. The letter, which was posted to the Maryland Association of Counties blog, was signed by Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Council President Nick J. Mosby and County Executives Angela D. Alsobrooks of Prince George s County, Calvin B. Ball III (Howard), Marc B. Elrich (Montgomery), Jan H. Gardner (Frederick), and Steuart L. Pittman Jr. (Anne Arundel).
Democratic leaders from some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter sent this week to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), arguing a more robust stay on evictions would give them time to stand up rent relief programs.
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Democratic leaders from some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter sent this week to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), arguing a more robust stay on evictions would give them time to stand up rent relief programs.