Speaker Adrienne Jones has written Governor Larry Hogan, urging him to “increase funding for the state’s rental assistance program and commit funding for a tenant legal assistance program through the end of the year.” 

Throughout my career, enabling tenants to remain in decent, safe, and sanitary housing has been one of my priorities.

The Speaker’s letter is a big step forward in achieving those goals. 

Even if the Governor responds favorably, these issues will be at the forefront when the General Assembly reconvenes. 

Emergency funding would be a stop-gap measure.  Long-term solutions will still be needed.

My job will be to assist in getting these issues addressed. 

I will be adhering to my newsletter rule:  My name does not have to be first on the sponsor line of a bill, as long as I can legitimately say in my end-of-session newsletter that I played a part in accomplishing something.