Housing

Westminster Management, the family real estate company of Jared Kushner, agreed to pay millions to settle allegations of maintenance horrors and excess fees in its Maryland rental apartments.

The complaint alleges that the city has violated the Fair Housing Act repeatedly since 1975, when Baltimore officials first adopted a plan to redevelop Poppleton.

$6 million is sitting unclaimed in city coffers, a Baltimore Banner review shows.

The finance department has called the city’s menu of tax credits “highly inequitable” and singled out the historic preservation incentive as especially in need of reforms.

Judge had found that a city ordinance “increased the risk that tenants would be erroneously deprived of their personal property.”

A Lutherville-Timonium redevelopment and transit spur plan offers benefits for the entire Baltimore region, two readers said. A reader raises financial, safety and environmental concerns about parklets provided for outdoor dining in Baltimore.

The Appellate Court of Maryland has sided with tenants who claim fees imposed on renters by a company co-owned by Jared Kushner were charged illegally.

The city has nearly exhausted its rental assistance funds, as eviction rates tick back up to pre-pandemic levels.

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.

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.

This illustrated guide explains how a Baltimore City homeowner may lose their property in a tax sale.

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.

How has Baltimore’s tax sale system affected you? Help us tell the story by sharing your own.

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.

The Baltimore County executive’s office is also considering whether to seek County Council approval establish a land banking authority.

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.

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.

The state could see an uptick in evictions as federal assistance funding dries up, advocates warn.

Community supporters have lined signed up to speak at public meetings, praising CEO Lakey Boyd’s work and demanding answers from the board. Board members have largely remained silent.