Housing

At one Baltimore encampment, leaving can be more challenging than staying.

Thirteen families have secured housing through newly built, 400-square-foot homes built in an alleyway. The project, called Hope Village, offers affordable homeownership in East Baltimore’s Oliver community.

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.

Two grants are offered: up to $10,000 to purchase a home or up to $20,000 to purchase and renovate a home.

The tenants said MCB Real Estate was a subpar landlord that drove down the shopping center’s value.

Owners of vacant properties would eventually pay a tax rate four times that of typical properties.

A win on fraud and deceit would be a "huge win" for tenants, attorneys for the case said.

The state wants to build fewer parking lots and more mixed-use developments on the 300 acres it owns within a half-mile of transit stations.

Kathy and Matthew Schmale, both 63, died early Tuesday in a five-alarm fire that affected at least eight homes on Keswick Road in Hampden, family said.

Nine Baltimore nonprofits will receive a cut of a $4 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase.

The state transportation department wants to encourage new apartment buildings and other development around stations along the MARC Penn Line.

Thursday’s ruling means voters will cast ballots on a charter amendment which would allow MCB Real Estate, a private company, to redevelop the site of the existing Harborplace pavilions.

The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.

Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.

Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.

The Coalition for Atonement and Repair seek restorative justice from the city of Annapolis after urban renewal displaced the Old 4th Ward in Annapolis.

Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.

The Community Action Council of Howard County secured a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize housing units.

The Baltimore County Council passed legislation to tax vacant structures and direct the revenue to funds that help find housing and fix up vacant buildings.

The city appealed to the federal housing agency earlier this year to get back part of that lost funding.