Housing in 2026: Counties Come to the Table With Solutions

Housing will take center stage in the 2026 legislative session, and counties are ready. This week, Kevin Kinnally, Michael Sanderson, and Dom Butchko walk through MACo's major legislative initiative, the BAMBY Act (Build Affordably in My Backyard). Together they trace the recent history of housing policy in Maryland, unpack the 2025 session, and outline the solutions counties are bringing to the table this year - including zoning flexibility, infrastructure alignment, regulatory certainty, and strategic tools to support affordability across the state. Tying everything together, Dom explains how counties spent time gathering input from all 24 jurisdictions and why 2026 could be the year meaningful housing reforms move forward. A must-listen for anyone tracking housing, smart growth, infrastructure, land use, and county–state collaboration in Annapolis. See the accompanying Policy Deep Dive: Solutions to Address Maryland’s Housing Crisis

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Housing in 2026: Counties Come to the Table With Solutions is an episode from Conduit Street Podcast by Maryland Association of Counties.

This episode is 41:01 long.

This episode was published on Nov 21, 2025.

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