The Division of Just Communities works to build and strengthen partnerships in communities with economic and housing trends that demonstrate a need for reinvestment, in combination with other metrics like redlining, imprisonment rates, and environmental hazards. Under the leadership of Assistant Secretary Cat Goughnour, the creation of the Division of Just Communities marks a new and focused effort by DHCD and the State of Maryland to help reverse decades of disinvestment and exclusionary policies, opening pathways to opportunity in affected, minoritized communities that have been previously denied them and ensuring that no Marylander is left behind.
