(a) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, this section applies only to a local jurisdiction with at least 150,000 residents. (b) On or before July 1 each year, each local jurisdiction subject to the requirements of this section shall report to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning the following information for each building or development permit application which includes a residential housing component as part of the development considered by the local jurisdiction during the immediately preceding calendar year: (1) the total number of complete applications received by type; (2) the total number of complete applications issued by type; (3) the total number of complete applications rejected by type; (4) the net total number of residential units approved; (5) the mean and median processing times for permit applications and the standard deviation from the mean; (6) the amount of time spent processing applications, including the time spent by agencies reviewing applications, by applicants making edits, and any public notice or comment time periods; (7) any type of expedited permit application process that the local jurisdiction employed to accelerate residential housing development projects; (8) the total number of residential housing development projects that benefited from an expedited permit application process in the local jurisdiction and which type of expedited process was used; and (9) any other information the jurisdiction considers relevant. (c) (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, and each quarter thereafter, each county subject to the requirements of this section shall report to the Department of Planning the following information for each building or development permit that includes a residential housing component as part of the development issued by the county during the immediately preceding quarter: (i) the permit number; (ii) the permit approval date; (iii) the date on which the use and occupancy permit was issued; (iv) the parcel tax identification number; (v) the site address; (vi) the housing type authorized under the permit; (vii) the permit type; (viii) the total number of residential units authorized under the permit; (ix) a general description of the work authorized under the permit; (x) the total cost of construction; and (xi) any other information the jurisdiction considers relevant. (2) Beginning January 1, 2027, and each quarter thereafter, each local municipality may report the information under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Department of Planning for each building or development permit that includes a residential housing component as part of the development issued by the local municipality during the immediately preceding quarter. (d) On or before July 1, 2027, and as the information becomes available thereafter, the Department of Planning shall publish the information reported by local jurisdictions under subsection (c) of this section for the immediately preceding fiscal year: (1) on a public, interactive, and searchable website; (2) by housing type, specifically labeled as single family, townhouses, apartments, duplexes, triplexes, or quadplexes; (3) by the total built and existing housing supply, organized by housing type, in each county in the State; and (4) by data source. (e) (1) (i) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local jurisdiction shall make the reports required under this section publicly available on its website. (ii) An announcement posted to a local jurisdiction's website stating that a person should contact the relevant local department for access to the reports does not fulfill the requirements of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. (2) A local jurisdiction that does not maintain a website shall make the reports publicly available through any other reasonable method. (3) To the extent practicable, a local jurisdiction may submit and transmit a report required under this section as part of another report required to be filed under this article. (f) On or before December 31 each year, the Department of Planning shall submit a report on the building permit information collected under this section to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly. (g) The Department of Planning may adopt regulations to carry out this section.
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