Housing&, formerly known as The Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers, named MHP its 2025 Housing Achievement Developer of the Year. The Housing Achievement awards recognize outstanding individuals, housing developments, programs, and solutions that have made significant investments into creating more equitable communities across the Capital Region. MHP received the award during Housing&’s 34th Annual Meeting and Housing Expo in Washington DC on June 5.
Committed to fulling its mission of housing people, empowering families, and strengthening neighborhoods, MHP has over the years embraced a strategy of focusing some of its investments along transit lines, including along the ongoing Purple Line transit corridor project. The investments along transit lines demonstrate our strategic innovations in expanding access to quality affordable housing for low- and -moderate-income earners. At a time when many neighborhoods across the DMV have seen spikes in rent which bring financial challenges for low- and -moderate-income earners, today, MHP has expanded the total number of preserved or renovated units along the Purple Line corridor to 1,100, a productive step in preventing displacement. This brings the total number of affordable housing homes developed by MHP to about 3,000.
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) recently presented MHP its Excellence in Affordable Housing Preservation Award in recognition of the nonprofit developer’s work on the Residences at Forest Glen. DHCD Secretary Jake Day presented the award to MHP President Robert A. Goldman during the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition’s (MAHC) annual Secretary’s Breakfast and awards ceremony. The Multifamily awards highlight some of the best projects in Maryland that have received DHCD support.
The Residences at Forest Glen, a ground up development of 189 units in Silver Spring, is one of the largest affordable housing projects in Montgomery County. Located near the I-495 Capital Beltway, the Forest Glen Metro station, and many bus routes, this $100 million multifamily development is a transit-friendly community with amenities such as a community room, fitness center, multiple courtyards, underground parking, landscaped green space, a community garden, and higher-trim design features such as floor to ceiling windows.