More than 20 Glen Burnie residents and dozens of other invested citizens lingered into the third hour of this week’s County Council meeting, hoping lawmakers would listen to their testimony and place curbs on workforce housing. They waited patiently but would leave disappointed.

The council on Monday rejected a bill intended to scale back a 2024 affordable housing incentive that makes it easier for developers to build single-family homes and townhomes for the county’s workers.

The bill , sponsored by District 3 Republican Nathan Volke, advocated for a Glen Burnie community that said the high density of a potential workforce housing development in its backyard was inappropriate for the land and its surrounding infrastructure — leading to overcrowding and a decrease in quality of life.

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