housing
2026 Maryland Consumer Protections Legislative Review
The sky was overcast and gloomy which mirrored the feelings of many economic justice advocates yesterday on Sine Die, the last day of Maryland’s 90 day legislative session. In January, Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk opened the legislative session promising to focus on affordability. Affordability is top of mind for most Marylanders. Our survey of more than 500 Marylanders as well as our tenant and older adult clients, found that 80% said that increase in cost of living has had an impact on their lives with more than 50% cutting back on spending, and nearly 28% ...
Updates from Annapolis – 2024 Session Report
For Economic Action Maryland, like many other advocates, this proved to be a challenging session. The budget shortfall and budget negotiations took up a great deal of time and concerns about the budget meant that most legislation that came with a high price tag was destined to fail this year. There were new legislators, legislators who were new to certain committees, and new chairs of committees which meant that our issues were new to many legislators. Despite these challenges, we are very proud of the legislation that we passed both as a lead advocate and in coalition with a number ...