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Her husband died suddenly. Then the inquiries for her house began.
In tragedy, some housing professionals see opportunity.
Molly and her son, Henry, play at a park near their home.
Baltimore’s permit backlog was bad. A new system made things worse.
So far, the promised overhaul of Baltimore's permit backlog hasn't worked, according to city data.
Several homes slated for renovation on Mura Street in East Baltimore’s Johnston Square neighborhood are missing roofs.
A string of fires in Hampden has left neighbors suspicious and on edge
Rumors are swirling in the aftermath of four fires on Keswick Road in the Hampden neighborhood in Baltimore City.
Baltimore City firefighters mop up a five-alarm fire on the 3400 block of Keswick Road in October 2024.
Baltimore’s top YIMBYs want to erase zoning rules blocking more housing
A package of five bills will attempt to make it easier to build and redevelop Baltimore City properties.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott holds a press conference announcing the Housing Options and Opportunity Act at City Hall on Monday.
Mayor Scott extends protection from ‘predatory’ tax sale, but some want more
It’s become of the mayor’s signature policies, but advocates are pushing him to up the ante.
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2025 State of the City address at the France Merrick Performing Arts Center in downtown Baltimore on Monday, April 21, 2025
Twice as many Baltimoreans needed an emergency shelter in the last 2 years
The number of people using Baltimore’s emergency shelter system for overnight stays has doubled in the last two years, the latest city data shows.
The encampment in Brooklyn Park features several tents in circle with Pam Macapagal's shelter in the center.
A ‘pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up the Baltimore County executive race
In a heated field, Nick Stewart seeks to highlight his platform as “pro-growth” and “progressive” in Baltimore County executive race.
Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.
Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
Judge forces construction arm of Baltimore real estate firm Chasen Cos. into bankruptcy
Neither Chasen Construction LLC nor its namesake founder, Brandon Chasen, responded to the legal action.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist on Thursday granted a petition from creditors to force the construction arm of the Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. into Chapter 11 involuntary bankruptcy.
Baltimore’s proposed tax cut could come at a cost — like a new trash fee
Cutting Baltimore City property tax rates would come at a cost — about $120 million annually.
Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
A Baltimore housing program is leading the nation in a key metric
A Cityscape paper found the Baltimore area is bucking a national trend.
West Baltimore housing
Poll: Marylanders prefer voting at countywide hubs to neighborhood precincts
A Washington Post-UMD poll found support for establishing countywide voting centers.
A woman votes at a polling booth at Deer Park Elementary School in Owings Mills on Maryland’s Primary Election Day on May 14, 2024.
‘Scale and speed’: State wants to fast-track redeveloping Baltimore’s vacants
$50 million will start hitting the streets July 1, Maryland’s housing secretary said.
Mayor Brandon Scott speaks outside of vacant homes on West Saratoga street during a press conference hosted by Build One Baltimore on February 16, 2023.
The last-ditch effort to salvage a statewide housing bill
If it passes, the bill would require Maryland's housing agency to post public housing targets on its website and publish an annual report assessing the progress.
Lawmakers have rewritten a housing bill proposed by Gov. Wes Moore so that it will now set housing targets in each county and Baltimore.
Greenleigh, in Baltimore County, could offer a way out of the housing crisis
Greenleigh’s residential housing success story could offer a blueprint for the rest of the state during a national housing crisis.
Asa Johnson Sr. sits on the front steps of his home in the Greenleigh development in Middle River.
A Baltimore developer’s private jet transfer has infuriated its creditors
A construction arm of Chasen Cos. now faces petition for forced bankruptcy
Creditors are seeking involuntary bankruptcy for a construction arm of the company, after a private jet transfer.
Baltimore’s population grew last year, but maybe hold off on the victory lap
Baltimore’s population gains may be linked to broad economic factors outside the city’s control.
Karol Martinez, left, and Jacque Gbalipre with their pets Mabel and Che in their home in Baltimore. The couple bought the Barclay home in December of last year.
Black Baltimore-area neighborhoods face racial bias in home appraisals, report finds
A new report found a presence of racial bias disadvantaging nonwhite neighborhoods in the Baltimore area.
Rowhomes line the street on Fairmount Avenue. An Abell Foundation study found homes in Black neighborhoods were more likely to be appraised for less than the homes’ contract sales prices.
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