§ 53A-1. Legislative findings.

The County Council finds that:

(a) there is a continuing severe shortage of low and moderate-income rental housing in the County;

(b) tenants often experience significant hardship when they are displaced by conversion of rental housing; and

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*Editor's note—Section 1 of 1990 L.M.C., ch. 34, amended ch. 53A to read as set out in §§ 53A-1--53A- 10. The chapter formerly consisted of §§ 53A-1--53A-13 and was derived from 1981 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 2, §§ 2, 3; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 55, § 3; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 52; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 35; 1985 L.M.C., ch. 39, § 2; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 86, § 20, §§ 1, 2; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 41, § 1; and 1989 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.

Cross references—Condominiums, ch. 11A; cooperative housing, ch. 11C; group residential care facilities, ch. 23A; moderately priced housing, ch. 25A; landlord-tenant relations, ch. 29; rental assistance, ch. 41A; transient lodging facilities, ch. 54.

(c) it is in the best interests of public health, safety, and welfare to regulate the conversion of rental housing in the County. (1990 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; , § 1.)