MARYLAND MATTERS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
A former state office building on Guilford Avenue in Baltimore has a unique honor: It is the only surplus state land that has been targeted for new affordable housing development after three years of trying under current state law.
It’s an underwhelming result for lawmakers who hoped to be able to offer unused state land for new housing development and cut down on Maryland’s shortage of affordable housing.
That’s one reason the Moore administration included language to streamline the current cumbersome framework for identifying surplus property as part of an executive order last week aimed at helping the state meet its ambitious housing goals.
“We need to move faster to build new homes,” Gov. Wes Moore (D) said as he signed the order. “We need to move faster to make homes more affordable and protect our renters. We need to move faster to create a housing market that is more competitive.”
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