A new 195-unit housing complex in Silver Spring aims to make it easier for low-income Montgomery County residents to rent and own homes, county officials and housing advocates said Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the development.
“There’s a family that earns $28,000 that will be owning a condo in the building here, and that’s because of [county] support for home ownership,” Habitat for Humanity Maryland President and CEO Jeff Dee said Thursday morning at the ceremony for the new complex, Allium Place, on 4024 Gannon Road.
Allium Place was created through a partnership with the county government, Habitat for Humanity Maryland and Affordable Homes and Communities (AHC), a nonprofit housing developer in the county. The complex is owned and will be operated by AHC…