Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1218: Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs in consultation with the Attorney General to develop a plan to identify certain severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take related actions; requiring the Department to submit the plan and certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 31, 2027; and requiring the Department to publish a list of the names of the severe health and safety risk properties publicly on its website.
What the bill says
An act concerning Department of Housing and Community Development - Severe Health and Safety Risk Properties - Intervention Plan Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs, in collaboration with the Attorney General, to develop a plan to identify certain severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take related actions; requiring the Department to submit the plan and certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a certain date…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Department of Housing and Community Development - Severe Health and Safety Risk Properties - Intervention Plan Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs, in collaboration with the Attorney General, to develop a plan to identify certain severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take related actions; requiring the Department to submit the plan and certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a certain date; requiring the Department to publish a certain list publicly on the Department's website; and generally relating to severe health and safety risk properties. SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That: (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Office" means the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development. (3) (i) "Severe health and safety risk property" means a rental property that routinely fails to meet basic health and safety standards. (ii) "Severe health and safety risk property" includes: 1. a rental property that is in continued noncompliance with local housing codes, resulting in chronic unsafe housing conditions; 2. a severely distressed rental property; 3. a rental property that has repeated …