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Statutes > Maryland > Human-services > Title-6 > Subtitle-5 > 6-509§ 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.]
