Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 6–702

(a) There is a National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program.

(b) The Department shall administer the Program.

(c) The purpose of the Program is to:

(1) provide strategic investment in local housing and businesses to encourage healthy, sustainable communities with a growing tax base and enhanced quality of life; and

(2) focus on areas where modest investment and coordinated strategies will have an appreciable neighborhood revitalization impact.