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Across Maryland, Connecticut, and Minnesota, housing advocates are making a good case for Good Cause that keeps families in their homes and supports new housing production.

Maryland lawmakers face a simple decision: will they protect families like Sandra’s, or will they continue prioritizing landlord profits over housing stability?

A new study published last month by the American Medical Association showed that the stress of an eviction scars the youngest members of a family and is directly linked to higher levels of depression in children.

If someone is renting a home, has followed the rules of the lease, paid their rent, and their landlord intends to continue renting the unit on the open market when the lease is up, should that same tenant be offered first dibs on continuing to rent there?

The Good Cause Eviction Bill would require a landlords to provide a justifiable reason when they choose not to renew a lease. On Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, renters facing eviction urged leaders to pass new legislation.

New research-backed evidence on benefits of Good Cause Eviction legislation

New legislation in Maryland would establish stricter requirements for landlords handling tenant evictions and property, requiring two weeks’ notice before executing eviction orders and giving tenants 10 days to reclaim possessions.

Tenants’ rights advocates demonstrated in Annapolis on Tuesday to urge state lawmakers to pass a bill designed to give renters more protections.

The Good Cause Eviction Bill would require landlords to state a valid reason for terminating or refusing to renew a lease in Maryland.

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.