Housing Development Division

(301) 883-5570
James M. Lyons, Manager

The Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development's Housing Development Division administers numerous programs which directly assist the County's homeowners, homebuyers, developers, and non-profit organizations. The County's homeowners can receive various forms of financial assistance to rehabilitate their homes. Residents, including those with physical and developmental disabilities, interested in owning homes in the County can receive down payment and closing cost assistance. Also, homebuyers can choose to purchase one of the County's Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) homes. CHDOs acquire, renovate and sell homes that were on the list of vacant and abandoned homes. Or homebuyers can purchase a new home in one of the County's inner-beltway revitalization neighborhoods. Finally, the County's residents that prefer to rent can live in communities that have been renovated with the Housing Development Division's assistance.
The objectives of the Housing Development Division are:

• To provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for the County's low and moderate-income residents who could not otherwise afford it.
• To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of single-family homes to persons of limited financial means for the purpose of upgrading the quality of deteriorated dwellings to contemporary minimum property standards, including the elimination of all housing code violations.
• To eliminate conditions of slum and blight, which are detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.
• The rehabilitation of housing as part of a comprehensive program of public activities to physically revitalize declining neighborhoods and communities.
• The creation of a favorable climate for private reinvestment in the County's low- and moderate-income and declining neighborhoods and communities.
• Ensure that each project is of superior quality, with creative design and architectural elements. Projects must also show higher standards of amenities and services. These items may include, but are not limited to, community meeting spaces, recreational facilities, computer learning centers, job training programs, day-care and after school programs, and enhanced security features.
• To expand the capacity of nonprofit housing providers, particularly CHDOs.
• To reduce the number of multi-family properties on the County's Distressed Properties list.
• To reduce the unit density of overdeveloped multi-family properties.
• To reduce the number of single-family homes on the County's Vacant and Abandoned Homes list.
• Leverage private-sector participation.