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The view from the third floor of one of Rising Housing’s properties in West Baltimore that will become a commercialized space called Java and Joists, as seen on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Gov. Moore wants to eliminate 5,000 vacant Baltimore homes in 5 years
The executive order comes about 10 months after Mayor Brandon Scott and community partners rolled out a comprehensive strategy designed to abate the city’s vacant housing epidemic
Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
A fight over $1.5M could cause Baltimore to break-up with BOPA
BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.
One Calvert Plaza, once home of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. offices, was to be the site of 173 new apartments.
Chasen Cos. faces foreclosure filing on historic One Calvert Plaza building
Facing lien petitions, contract disputes and a foreclosure, the Baltimore real estate company has reached a tipping point.
Baltimore County purchased the wooded area on Cuckold Point Road for a park. The property is less than a mile from County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s house on Millers Island.
Park purchase near Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s home raises questions
Baltimore County is buying land for a waterfront park less than a mile from County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s Millers Island home. Some have questioned whether the county followed the protocol that it used for other proposed park acquisitions.
Perhaps the City Council’s biggest advocate for Baltimore restaurants, Zeke Cohen often feeds his volunteers from DiPasquale’s deli.
Power hungry: The restaurants that fuel Baltimore politics
How campaign finance records reveal the palates of Baltimore’s politicos.
Artscape
BOPA runs out of money, calls ‘emergency’ board meeting
Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday
A Baltimore resident casts their vote on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, at Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School. Polling locations for the general election remain open until 8 p.m.
Nearly two-thirds of Maryland 18-year-olds are registered to cast a crucial vote
The rate of 18-year-old voters registered in Maryland exceeds that of neighboring Pennsylvania, according to the study, and Ohio, Georgia and Arizona.
There is a rotating homeless encampment in Wyman Park Dell, most live in makeshift tents.
Baltimore approved to recoup $6 million in federal homelessness funds
The city appealed to the federal housing agency earlier this year to get back part of that lost funding.
The commission hasn’t met since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the new seven-member panel would be composed of volunteers.
Baltimore City Council moves to revive anti-animal abuse commission
Advocates warned that without more support from the mayor’s office, the revived commission would serve as an “exercise in futility.”
Whether the Democrats’ new fervor will translate into policy changes and more housing is less certain, as Gov. Wes Moore and others who have tried already know.
The pro-housing movement is having a moment. The YIMBY crowd is cheering.
Whether the Democrats’ new fervor will translate into policy changes and more housing is less certain, as Gov. Wes Moore and others who have tried already know.
Photo collage of Baltimore row house in front of stack of hundred dollar bills and blurry image of Baltimore City hall in far background.
A Baltimore employee was caught in a bribery scheme. Were more involved?
Does the “girl” in “water” still work for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works? City officials aren’t saying.
Neighborhood children enjoy a playground at Dutch Village apartments in Northeast Baltimore.
A New York investor came to town. His next moves could threaten a Baltimore school
As many as 120 Yorkwood Elementary School students could be pushed out of their community, with devastating consequences to their school.
Abel Woman Municipal Building on East Lexington Street
Former city employee admits to accepting bribes to remove water bills, property taxes
Joseph Gillespie admitted to taking more than $250,000 in bribes that caused the city to lose out on more than $1 million in tax revenue.
Steuart Hill, a now-vacant school, was one of five Baltimore school facilities where fires mysteriously broke out in July.
How did five Baltimore school facilities mysteriously catch fire in July?
The five fires, which all broke out in the afternoons or evenings in late July, exclusively erupted at elementary/middle school facilities, according to incident reports.
High-quality counseling is key to helping voucher households move to high-opportunity locations.
Housing vouchers help most when counselors are on hand, report says
Sometimes referred to as housing navigators or counselors, they take on a range of tasks, including providing hands-on support to households as they browse housing options and make contact with landlords.
Council member Zeke Cohen speaks in Baltimore alongside a coalition of renters demanding strengthened accountability for the city’s most frequently cited and hazardous multifamily dwellings on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.
Cohen’s ‘anti-slumlord’ bill moves forward in Baltimore City Council
After rounds of negotiations, council members praised the new direction of the pro-renters bill.
Members of the BRIDGES Coalition hold a demonstration in front of City Hall in Baltimore, Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
Baltimore reaches second opioid settlement with CVS on the eve of trial
The settlement brings the city’s total recoveries to $90 million.
Storm clouds fill the sky just before rain hits Artscape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out concerts scheduled for Friday also.
Is Artscape cursed? Let’s examine the evidence.
The superstitious among us are secretly wondering if some festival organizer stepped on a crack in the pavement or walked under an errant ladder. All we know is it has just been one thing after another with Artscape these last few years.
Baltimore is pushing forward on an ambitious, and politically challenging, plan to tackle the city’s vacant property problem at scale.
Housing dream or budget nightmare? Inside Mayor Scott’s $3B plan to fix Baltimore’s vacants
So far the reception from state leaders has been lukewarm and city budget officials have also pushed back, according to emails and other communications obtained in a public records request.
Damien Haussling is pictured with the Baltimore Furniture Bank truck while delivering mattresses and bedding to immigrant families in Highlandtown on May 16, 2024.
The Baltimore Furniture Bank was his dream. He died after making it reality.
Damien Haussling co-founded the nonprofit after experiencing homelessness himself.
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