Renter Resources
Maryland and Montomery County Laws Affecting Tenants
State of Maryland Government Resources
Montgomery County Government Resources
- Office of Landlord Tenant Affairs (OLTA)
- Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA)
- Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs
- How to File a Complaint (OLTA)
- Housing Code Enforcement Handbook (DHCA)
- E-Property Data Mining (A DHCA search engine providing information about specific properties including contact information, complaint records and code violations.)
- Landlord Tenant Handbook – English (PDF)
- Landlord Tenant Handbook – Spanish (PDF)
Tenants Work Group Resources
- MoCo Tenants Work Group
- Tenants Work Group Report – March 10, 2012 (PDF)
- Montgomery County Tenants Work Group Report Recommendations Responses – March 12, 2012 (PDF)
How to Form a Tenants Association
There are a number of excellent websites with how-to information. Below are just a few: