Department of Housing Community Affairs

August 8, 2019 | Deirdre Byrne

Officials Identify One-Third of County Apartments as ‘At Risk’ or ‘Troubled’

County Executive Marc Elrich held a press conference Thursday to announce the completion of a two-year apartment building inspection project. During the two-year initiative, the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) inspected 22,199 apartment units. Overall, they discovered 31,000 violations—96% of which were corrected. Violations were given one of three labels based […]

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January 8, 2019 | Deirdre Byrne

Elrich: Apartments at The Enclave Silver Spring Will Be Inspected

County Executive Marc Elrich has instructed the Department of Housing and Community Affairs to inspect every apartment unit at The Enclave Silver Spring. The Enclave Silver Spring is located in White Oak, and it consists of three high-rise buildings. Montgomery County received a total of 113 complaints about the Enclave’s living conditions in 2018. From […]

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March 28, 2017 | Staff Writer

Fair Housing Fair to be Held on April 20 in Gaithersburg

To celebrate Fair Housing Month in April, the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights is hosting a fair housing forum on April 20. The forum will focus on various fair housing topics such as requirements for people with disabilities, reasonable accommodations, use of service animals and new trends for a changing housing consumer base, according […]

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