Harford County
Fast Facts:
- Harford was home to 265,514 people and had 107,629 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Harford has added an average of 1,500 people and 800 housing units per year.
- Twenty percent of households were renters and 49 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
Policy Status
Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.
Right of First Refusal
- In progress: Harford County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- In progress: Harford County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- In progress: Harford County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- In progress: Harford County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- In progress: Harford County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- In progress: Harford County
Housing Outcomes
Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.
Structural Racism
Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.
Housing Context
Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.
Elected Officials
Housing Official
Barbara W. Richardson
Director, Housing & Community Development