Elkton, Maryland: Preserving Rural Housing

Elkton, Maryland: Preserving Rural Housing

HUD USER publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state, and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities and support sustainable community development. The projects and community development efforts featured in these reports have demonstrated innovation through a multitude of partnerships and initiatives.

Our most recent Case Study details affordable housing preservation efforts in Elkton, Maryland. At the Cottages and Gardens at Chesapeake, two separately owned and adjacent housing developments were brought under common ownership to rehabilitate the apartments and to allow for more efficient and effective management of the properties. This creative rural preservation strategy helped earn the project the 2013 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award in the Rural Housing category from the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Association.

Visit HUD USER's Case Studies page to learn more about affordable housing preservation in Elkton and to view other promising examples of how communities across the nation are raising the bar on sustainable community development.