Contact: Kathy Zieger, 240-777-2500
For Immediate Release: July 31, 2001

Duncan Seeks Applicants for
Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs

Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan is seeking applicants to fill four vacancies on the Montgomery County Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs (public-at-large, and tenant representatives). The fifteen-member commission hears landlord-tenant disputes and recommends legislation on multi-family and single-family housing issues.

Public-at-large representatives must not be qualified for appointment as either a landlord or a tenant. One vacancy is for an alternate public-at-large member, which expires in June 2003.

Tenant representatives must be tenants of a residential rental facility in Montgomery County or must be nominated by an organization that represents tenants of residential rental facilities in Montgomery County. There is one full-term tenant vacancy and 2 partial term (one an alternate) vacancies which expire in June 2002.

All members must be Montgomery County residents and serve three-year terms. Members are required to file annual confidential financial disclosure statements. A confidential financial disclosure statement must be submitted with each application. To receive a form, please call 240-777-2528 and leave your name and complete mailing address.

Meetings of the full Commission are held the first Tuesday evening of each month in Rockville. In addition, members are expected to serve on panels which hear cases involving landlord-tenant disputes. Members serve without compensation.

Interested citizens should write by August 24 to County Executive Douglas M. Duncan at the Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850. A letter and brief resume, including work and home phone numbers should be included. Nomination letters may be included with the application or mailed separately.

Members of County boards, committees, and commissions may not serve on more than one such group at a time. The Executive’s appointments are subject to confirmation by the County Council. Applications of those selected for appointment are made public as part of the confirmation process.