Friday?s moderate-income housing lottery in Ellicott City was cancelled because too few residents qualified for the 23 available units, officials said.

The eight residents that did qualify will have the opportunity to buy one of the units in Shipley?s Grant and Elkridge Crossing, said Kathy Beard, a county spokeswoman.

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