MD Gov. Moore signs multiple housing bills into law.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the Renters’ Rights and Stabilization Act and other housing legislation into law during a bill signing ceremony at the State House in Annapolis on Thursday.

Del. Chris Adams, R-Wicomico/Caroline/Dorchester/Talbot, a landlord, was not there, and thus did not participate in the smiling and celebratory atmosphere. Neither were, so far as public pronouncements indicated, any of the more than 400 individuals who were evicted in Wicomico County last year.

“We knew it was an issue that could not wait,” said Moore, a Democrat, from the lectern in the Governor’s Reception Room, prior to signing three housing-related bills into law, which the administration backed during the General Assembly’s 90-day session that concluded April 8.

Of the Renters’ Rights legislation, Moore said: “This is going to help protect our renters from eviction.”

A pair of Wicomico County natives, representing different political parties and who will be affected by the bill’s enactment, agreed, but the two had quite different takes on the legislation.

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