(a) This Chapter must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are:
(1) To simplify and clarify the law governing the rental of dwelling units.
(2) To encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing in this county.
(3) To assure fair and equitable relations between landlords and tenants.
(4) To revise and modernize the law of landlord and tenant to serve more realistically the needs of an urban society developing in the County. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)
Editor’s note—Section 29-3(b) is quoted in Joseph v. Bozzuto Management Company, 173 Md. App. 305, 918 A.2d 1230 (2007).