Housing

An Essex boardinghouse faces likely closure after a local zoning appeals board found that it hadn’t met the requirements to stay open despite being out of compliance with the zoning code.

The proposal would set the tax rate for vacant and abandoned homes at three times the typical rate in its first year.

In the midst of a dispute over rising fees, some say more laws and resources could alleviate the strain on common ownership communities.

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.

An underground fire shut down streets in downtown Baltimore and caused power and internet outages Sunday.

The pool that collapsed on an apartment building roof last week did not damage the structure of the main building, an engineering firm said.

Howard County officials have long had high hopes for transforming the Columbia Gateway business district into a regional destination.

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.