Housing

The Annapolis Housing Authority has received a “troubled” grade for fiscal year 2022 on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public Housing Assessment. The total score required for the standard designation is 70; HACA scored 43.

The county proposal would require new development projects that exceed a certain size to reserve a portion of their units for people earning below the Baltimore-area median income. It would also allow developers creating smaller-scale projects to pay a fee in lieu of the moderately priced unit requirement.

P. David Bramble and other members of MCB Real Estate fielded questions about their plans to overhaul Harborplace from a gathering of about 200 residents in Federal Hill on Monday night.

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jacob R. Day said state lawmakers would likely not prescribe rent stabilization as a solution for Marylanders — at least not this upcoming session.

The design includes a large new housing development with two towers. Readers are not feeling it.

Growing up, Elazar Zavaletta heard that trans people, like him, are an "abomination" in the eyes of God. Now a Lutheran pastor, Zavaletta has transformed his pain into solidarity with marginalized people.

Audio of the emergency dispatch calls placed that afternoon include two calls for “Mayday” and a scramble for information.

With a historic investment, SB7 is tasked with something both novel and daunting: using money from developers to fill in the gaps left behind by generations of neglect.

A City Council vote on a bill to help expand affordable housing in Baltimore is long overdue, Kevin Slayton, a city resident and clergyman, says.

A GoFundMe campaign started in support of Lt. Dillon Rinaldo had raised $47,000 towards a $100,000 goal as of Sunday morning.

A recent Live Baltimore survey of more than 1,000 Baltimore City homebuyers revealed that the most important factors in purchasing a home in the city are simply just liking the city and working in the city.

Here’s what we know now about Thursday’s deadly house fire on Linden Heights Avenue.

It’s time for Baltimore County to make good on its obligation to bring residents more affordable housing, says David Plymyer, an attorney who lives in the county.

Lidl officially signed a lease for a 36,000-square-foot space this past February in the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown footprint, ending a long hunt for a grocer in the area.

Howard County is the latest in a string of Baltimore area governments proposing solutions to mitigate cost burdens on renters and homebuyers.

Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

Baltimore needs to prioritize emergency rental assistance to protect families from the physical and mental harm caused by evictions, representatives of two community advocacy groups say.

Rev. Kobi Little of the Baltimore NAACP called for the resignation of two city housing officials and said that Mayor Brandon Scott “needs to either step up and lead or step aside” following a fire at a vacant building that damaged the organization’s offices.

The bill, introduced this week, would require a portion of all new residential developments with a certain number of units to be set aside for people with incomes at or below the Baltimore-area median.

In Uplands, residents allege being shortchanged by developers and government officials who promised them safe and affordable housing.