Section 6-509 - Legislative findings; State policy. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-509. Legislative findings; State policy.
 

(a)  Legislative findings.- The General Assembly finds and declares that: 

(1) an increasing number of adults in the State are unable, because of disability, to reside in the community without a supportive housing arrangement; 

(2) many of these adults are therefore homeless, unnecessarily institutionalized, or residing in substandard housing; and 

(3) current State-operated programs do not adequately address this problem. 

(b)  State policy.- It is the policy of the State to encourage the development of affordable housing for adults who are unable to avail themselves of existing housing because of disability. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 139; 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]