Save The Date! The next Come Home To Howard County Housing Fair will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Event pre-registration will be open in late fall 2011. Visit the site in the fall for more details about the event. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor please contact Christopher Julien [...]

Howard County Housing (HCH) is your first stop when looking to buy a home in Howard County. Here are some of the programs available to home buyers that can help make your dream of living in Howard County come true.

The Housing Lottery is your chance to buy a newly renovated house in Howard County. But remember, you have to be pre-qualified and applications will not be accepted on the day of the fair! So make sure you check out the qualifications and get your application in by April 6, at 5 p.m.

Stacy Spann, Director of Howard County Housing and Kelly Cimino, MIHU Coordinator appeared on this month’s Columbia Matters. Stacy and Kelly discuss the unique benefits of the upcoming housing fair and the general logistics of MIHU. Columbia Matters is a “Telly award-winning monthly television program that takes viewers on a journey through Columbia and Howard [...]

This is the second in a three-part series following Teresa Singletary, a participant in the Howard County Housing Department’s MIHU program. In the first part, we introduced Teresa, a Howard County resident who learned about the Come Home to Howard County Housing Fair when she was stuck in traffic behind a mobile advertisement for the fair.

This is the final installment of our story on Teresa Singletary, a young professional living in Howard County who used the MIHU program to purchase her first home. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Teresa Singletary didn’t even know she was looking for a home, or better yet, that a home was looking for her in 2008. During her commute to work she found herself in traffic, sitting behind a truck. After several minutes of the truck making every turn she did, she finally stopped to notice that it was a mobile advertisement for an upcoming housing fair in Howard County.

Howard County Housing Director Stacy Spann recently appeared on Good Morning Maryland on ABC 2 News as part of their Mortgage Monday series. Stacy got the chance to tell people about a number of affordable housing opportunities in Maryland. What many people don’t realize is that you don’t need a six-figure salary to live in [...]

Editor’s Note: This is the third and final part in a 3-part series about the Howard County Moderate Income Housing Unit (MIHU) Program. Applying for the MIHU program is an involved process, but it’s no more complicated than the processes someone may go through on a regular basis to buy a home or rent an apartment.

There are many misconceptions about the Moderate Income Housing Unit (MIHU) Program. Many people think they make too much money to qualify or believe the housing units are only for very low-income earners. Fortunately, these are simply not true. Here are 10 myths about Howard County’s MIHU Program.