Baltimore City to stop accepting new applications for rental assistance, as eviction crisis looms
The city has nearly exhausted its rental assistance funds, as eviction rates tick back up to pre-pandemic levels.
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Tax sale nightmare: How an unpaid bill can cost Baltimore homeowners thousands, or even their homes
Some 41,000 properties have gone through the city’s tax sale since 2016, a Baltimore Banner investigation found, threatening home ownership and prolonging vacancies in majority-Black neighborhoods.
With eviction ‘crisis’ on the horizon, state budget includes no additional money for rent assistance
The state’s $750 million allotment of federal emergency rental assistance, which helped prevent thousands of evictions across Maryland during the pandemic, is set to be fully spent by March or April, according to the state Department of Housing and Community Development.
6 key takeaways from The Baltimore Banner’s tax sale investigation
Some 41,000 properties have gone through the tax sale since 2016, leading to high bills for homeowners, hefty profits for lien holders and prolonged housing vacancies.
Eviction numbers are climbing back toward pre-pandemic highs in parts of Maryland
After nearly three years of pandemic protections and assistance, there are few guardrails in place to prevent evictions from climbing back to pre-pandemic norms.
Olszewski proposes $16M affordable housing trust fund to acquire, convey derelict land
The Baltimore County executive’s office is also considering whether to seek County Council approval establish a land banking authority.
Flight cancellations leave travelers seeking refuge at airport hotels
“You kind of look at it as an adventure, I guess. We’ll get home eventually. Hopefully.”
Southwest cancellations leave many stuck at BWI
On Tuesday, 221 Southwest flights departing or coming into Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were cancelled and another 84 were delayed.
A month after mistaken eviction, Glen Burnie woman struggles to find normalcy in abnormal holiday season
Sharnae Hunt and her 9-year-old son are staying with her mom and stepdad as they try to put their lives back together and start anew.
Baltimore promised hotels for homeless housing. There’s little progress as winter arrives again.
20 months after Mayor Brandon Scott first announced the city’s intent to buy two hotels to provide permanent and temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness — a flagship piece of the homeless services strategy — city officials say they have yet to close the deal.
Housing groups, local officials urge Maryland to provide $175 million for emergency rental aid
The state could see an uptick in evictions as federal assistance funding dries up, advocates warn.
81st anniversary of Pearl Harbor remembered aboard historic Inner Harbor ship
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHEC-37 docked in the Inner Harbor was the last ship from the attack to be decommissioned.
Baltimore’s newest push to reduce vacant housing gets off to rocky start
Officials remain confident that the process will live up to their expectations of moving several hundred vacant homes out of absentee ownership per year.
A Glen Burnie woman was evicted because of a ‘miscommunication.’ Experts say the eviction system creates room for error.
A woman and her 9-year-old son were evicted two days before Thanksgiving — even after she says she confirmed that morning that she was caught up on rent.
Supporters and detractors weigh in on inclusionary housing bill at long-awaited council hearing
The hearing comes months after the city’s previous inclusionary housing policy expired in June.
Pittman elected to second term as Anne Arundel County executive
As ballot canvassing stretched into its fifth day on Tuesday, Steuart Pittman squeaked ahead of Jessica Haire by just 192 votes, with more mail votes remaining to be counted.
With renters squeezed by high prices, Maryland cities consider rent stabilization
Rent stabilization bills in Laurel and other localities face an uphill battle, but the wave of interest and activity represents a marked shift in housing policy debate in Maryland.
Republican Jessica Haire’s lead shrinks in Anne Arundel county executive race
Steuart Pittman’s campaign was confident Friday morning that the coming days of ballot counting would put the Democratic incumbent in the lead.