UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WBFF) — Two elected leaders in Maryland’s second-largest county support a proposed bill to prioritize modernizing housing records in Maryland during the upcoming legislative session to combat the state’s squatting epidemic and social media users who profit from spreading the problem.
Dubbed the Maryland Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program Act of 2026, state Sen. Ron Watson, D-Prince George’s County, told Spotlight on Maryland the bill he plans to introduce in the Maryland General Assembly is a key to solving the state’s escalating squatting epidemic.
When blockchain came out several years ago, many said it was a solution waiting for a problem,” Watson said. “Guess what? We have a problem.”…