Poll: Should Glen Burnie Get More Affordable Housing?

County Council John J. Grasso (R-2nd District) has said he would vote against a bill proposed by County Executive John R. Leopold's administration that would give tax breaks to a developer that plans to build affordable housing in Glen Burnie, according to the Maryland Gazette.

The developer, Conifer Realty, has proposed building 36 rental units in the 7700 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard. The apartments, called Marley Meadow, would be "exclusively for people making less than 60 percent of the median annual income of the Baltimore-Towson Statistical Area—equaling $50,700 for a family of four and $35,520 for an individual," according to the Gazette.

Earlier this week Patch reported that the county council passed the final hurdle on a landmark policy that .

The term "workforce housing" is used in the planning world to describe multifamily homes and rental units that are designed to be affordable to those with salaries in the range of police officers, firemen, teachers and nurses.

Under the newly approved legislation, builders who agreed to construct workforce housing units would receive incentives in the form of a so-called density bonuses, allowing them to build the land up to R-22 (multifamily residential) standards, potentially making it a much more profitable property.