As the crisp autumn air settles in and we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) and Housing Opportunities Community Partners (HOCP) are filled with gratitude for all our stakeholders who help make our work possible.
Over the course of its first five decades, the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC) has continually risen to the challenge of finding new ways to provide safe, high-quality, affordable housing and supportive services that strengthen our communities.
The story of how Wane Mendoza launched his business is unique: he had an idea, expertise, determination, and the support of Housing Opportunities Community Partners (HOCP).
Founded by freed African American slaves, the Emory Grove community is named for Methodist Bishop John Emory and traces its origins to services held on Aug. 15, 1868. Located where Midcounty Highway and Woodfield Road intersect, just two miles south of the Montgomery County Airpark, Emory Grove is thought to have been formally established in 1871, when the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church adopted the charter and by-laws of what became known as the Emory Grove Camp-Meeting Association of Baltimore City.
The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC) was born 50 years ago in 1974, but did you know – or do you remember – that year is noteworthy for several other reasons? True facts about 1974:
