February 19, 2025
By Danielle J. Brown
Renter advocates are hopeful that this will be the year “good cause” evictions finally become law in Maryland — but first it has to get past the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, where it died last year after passing the House.
“We’re seeing progress … Now, all eyes are on the Senate to do the right thing for the state of Maryland,” said Matt Losak at a midday rally of more than two dozen advocacy groups Tuesday outside the State House. “We’ve been fighting for just cause or good cause eviction for more than a decade.
“Good cause eviction” refers to legislation that would let counties and the city of Baltimore adopt policies that require a landlord to cite a specific reason before ending a lease agreement with a tenant.