For Immediate Release: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023

Montgomery County Executive Elrich on Thursday, Jan. 19, to Announce Innovative New Affordable Housing Development with Deeply Affordable Rental and Ownership Units  

County Council President Evan Glass, Councilmembers, Leaders of AHC Inc. and Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland to Join the Groundbreaking on Randolph Road in Silver Spring

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will be joined by County Council President Evan Glass, Councilmembers and leaders from AHC Inc. and Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, for a groundbreaking ceremony for an innovative partnership leveraging County land for deeply affordable housing in Silver Spring. The event will take place in the parking lot at 4010 Randolph Road in Silver Spring—land formerly owned by the County that was purchased by AHC, Inc. for development.

The new development will have 195-homes that are deeply affordable that will have rental and homeownership options. The development will include 85 hard-to-find, family-sized, three- and four-bedroom homes.

WHAT: Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will be joined by Council President Evan Glass, County Councilmembers and leaders from AHC Inc. and Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland and for a groundbreaking ceremony for the County’s largest-ever affordable housing development.

WHO:  

• Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive
• Evan Glass, Montgomery County Council president
• Andrew Friedson, County Council vice president
• Natali Fani-Gonzales, Councilmember
• Alan Goldstein, AHC, Inc.
• Jeff Dee, Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland
• Ed Barnett, Maryland DHCD/CDA

WHEN:  Thursday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m.

WHERE: 4010 Randolph Road, (near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road), Silver Spring

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Media contact: Barry Hudson, 240-300-7348, or barry.hudson@montgomerycountymd.gov