Anne Arundel County’s
Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) Program
Anne Arundel County’s Housing Attainability Act, enacted in 2024 and effective July 1, 2025, creates the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit Program (“MPDU Program”), which requires that all new development in the County with 10 or more units (with the exception of development in the RA-Rural Agricultural and RLD-Residential Low Density districts) contain a certain percentage of moderately priced dwelling units (“MPDUs”). In some cases, developers may request a waiver to pay a “fee in lieu of” producing MPDU units.
Rental developments must produce 15% of total units as MPDUs for households earning 75% or below Area Median Income (“AMI”), adjusted for household size, for a period of 40 years. Rent prices are set at affordable rates as more fully described here.
For-sale developments must produce 10% of total units as MPDUs for households earning 100% or below of the AMI, adjusted for household size, for a period of 20 years. Sales prices are set at affordable rates as more fully described here.
In conjunction with Anne Arundel County, Arundel Community Development Services, Inc. (“ACDS”) administers the program – more information regarding policies and how to apply is provided below.
NOTE: While the MPDU Program is effective as of July 1, 2025, the first units will not be available until July 2027.
If you would like to be kept up to date on MPDU policies and application items, please send your name and contact information to mpdu@acdsinc.org.
More Information for Homebuyers
More Information for Renters
How Do I Apply for a Homeownership Unit?
How Do I Apply for a Rental Unit?
Information for Developers/Builders/Landlords
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
MPDU Policies
FAQs about the MPDU program for homeowners, landlords/renters, and developers/builders are now available:
MPDU DOCUMENTS are below in PDF and Word, except as noted:
PDF format
- Ready to Apply for an MPDU Home? (PDF only)
- Ready to Apply for an MPDU Home? (Spanish, PDF only)
- Ready to Apply for an MPDU Rental Unit? (PDF only)
- Ready to Apply for an MPDU Rental Unit? (Spanish, PDF only)
- MPDU Design Requirements – June 2025 (PDF only)
- MPDU Program Rental Policy – August 2026 (PDF only)
- MPDU For Sale Income and Sales Price Requirements – updated July 2026 (PDF only)
- MPDU For Sale – Notice of Unit Availability – June 2025
- MPDU Development Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants – July 2026 (PDF only)
- MPDU Lease Addendum – June 2025 (PDF only)
- MPDU Calculation Worksheet – June 2025 (PDF only)
- Policy for Making a Contribution in Lieu of Developing MPDUs – July 2026 (PDF only)
- Agreement for Contribution in Lieu of Developing Moderately Price Dwelling Units – June 2025 (PDF only)
- MPDU Process Timeline – June 2025 (PDF only)
- ACDS Income Limits – June 2026 (PDF only)
- LIHTC Income and Rent Limits – 2026 (PDF only)
- Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing (AFHM) Guidelines (PDF only)
Word/Excel format
- MPDU Worksheet
- MPDU For Sale – Notice of Unit Availability – June 2025
- MPDU Development Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants – June 2025
ACDS is an equal opportunity housing provider.
Applicable federal, State, and County laws and regulations in the sale or leasing of MPDUs, include, but are not limited to (i) the Federal Fair Housing Act, (ii) the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, (iii) Article 49B of the Maryland Annotated Code, (iv) Anne Arundel County fair housing laws, and (v) any other laws that prohibit discrimination on the grounds of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, creed, disability, familial status, gender identity or expression, marital status, natural origin, occupation, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.
