Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 10–102

(a) There is a Maryland Affordable Housing Trust.

(b) (1) The Trust is an instrumentality of the State and is a body corporate and politic.

(2) The exercise by the Trust of its powers under this title is an essential public function.

(c) The purpose of the Trust is to make affordable housing more available throughout the State.

(d) The Department shall provide staff for the Trust.