Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development is planning to move its headquarters to Prince George’s County, bringing with it the agency’s more than 330 employees.
Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the move Friday as part of his “transit-oriented development vision” — an effort to get state agencies to branch out from more popular counties and help develop other parts of the state.
The housing agency now in Anne Arundel County will be the first state agency to break ground in Prince George’s — the second-largest county in Maryland.
O’Malley said the state will begin soliciting bids from commercial landowners and developers in mid-July to help prepare the county for the housing agency’s arrival and encourage more state agencies to follow.
