Financing, permit challenges stand in the way of building new housing, officials say

State and local housing and planning officials say there is an urgent need to build more housing to bring down Maryland’s skyrocketing housing costs, but there are two major hurdles: cumbersome permitting and securing financing for affordable housing.

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: August 15, 2026

Words: 680

Last Updated: 3 days ago

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State and local housing and planning officials say there is an urgent need to build more housing supply to start bringing down Maryland’s skyrocketing housing costs as soon as possible.

But there are two major hurdles for getting those projects started: financing new affordable housing projects and navigating through gummed-up permitting processes, according to two different housing-related forums at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference Friday.

State officials on both panels said that counties …

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