Silver Spring, MD (August 28,2024) – MHP continues to collect relief funds for families impacted by the Clarksburg fire. As of August 28, 2024, the fund has reached $9,943. MHP will close the fund on September 4th and target September 6th as a key date for distributing funds to those impacted. We thank everyone who has contributed […]
Silver Spring, MD (August 20, 2024) – MHP and Montgomery County today announced the launch of a relief fund for families impacted by the Clarksburg fire. On August 17, 2024 a fire devastated a multi-family apartment building in Montgomery County, Maryland impacting dozens of families. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, at least 25 apartment […]
(Silver Spring, MD) MHP recently received a $1 million unrestricted grant from the Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Initiative, a program that supports visionary organizations that are working to connect low-income communities to greater social and economic opportunity. MHP will use this substantial funding to preserve and expand affordable housing across the DMV region in […]
Silver Spring, MD, May 8, 2024 – Nonprofit affordable housing developer MHP has officially launched a bold new $20M campaign to double its impact by the end of the decade, activating a plan to expand and preserve more affordable housing in Montgomery County, MD and across the DMV. As of today, MHP has raised $15.8M, 79% […]
The Neighborhood Monthly eNewsletter – March 2024 Housing People Honoring Women Did you know that in the summer of 1988, Peg McRory, a housing activist, gathered a number of friends and acquaintances together around her dining room table to search for solutions to the lack of affordable housing in Montgomery County? This was a major […]
The Neighborhood Monthly eNewsletter – February 2024 This year, MHP is celebrating 35 years! On Jan 11, 1989, MHP was incorporated and shortly thereafter Norman Christeller, just retiring as chair of the Planning Board, agreed to serve as the first president. The first Board of Directors was chaired by Bill Murry and included members of […]
The Neighborhood Monthly eNewsletter – January 2024 2023 was a highly productive year at MHP. Thanks to our dedicated staff, partners, and supporters, we met or exceeded many of our goals, expanded access to affordable housing, enhanced our supportive programs, and remained a strong presence in the community of Montgomery County and beyond. Given the […]