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    Bonita Anderson is interviewed inside her home in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Anderson is one of many Baltimore residents at risk of losing their homes due to tax sale because of city errors.
    After losing her home, Baltimore woman joins federal lawsuit challenging tax sale
    Filed this past July, the lawsuit argues that the tax sale system in Baltimore is unconstitutional.
    The Days Inn motel in Towson, seen top right, will soon be cleared to make way for a new affordable housing development in a commercial section of Loch Raven.
    Loch Raven motel being cleared for affordable housing in Baltimore County
    “Loch Raven Overlook” will be constructed near where Tuesday’s deadly shooting occurred in Towson.
    Real estate developer Brandon Chasen in May.
    Chasen Cos.’ Fells Point development stalled as property faces foreclosure
    A bank has filed to foreclose on a high-profile Chasen Cos. property at 1400 Aliceanna St.
    Howard County officials and community leaders gathered Monday for a ribbon-cutting on the Howard County emergency shelter's first major expansion since 2008.
    Howard County expands emergency shelter capacity as demand rises
    Howard County has added 20 more beds to its emergency shelter ahead of the winter months. The expansion comes at a time when advocates say the demand for shelter space is rising in Howard County.
    Henry Earle, 21, during a drywall training course at the Detroit Training Center, which specializes in workforce development programs in construction, manufacturing, and transportation in Detroit, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2024.
    Fixing Baltimore’s vacant property economy could help everyone — just ask Detroit
    Even as wealth grows in Detroit, some say they feel left behind.
    Attendees gather at the Legacy at Twin Rivers site prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony on 4/19/2024 in Columbia, MD.
    Letter: Requirements for homeless housing will not hurt developers
    Modest requirements to incorporate a handful of PSH units will not bring about the “collapse of the industry," say the president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless and president of HCH Real Estate Co.
    A view of Harbor Point, which received a tax break in the form of a TIF.
    Baltimore gave out developer tax breaks. Is the city seeing the benefits?
    Baltimore’s TIF-backed developments are, slowly but surely, making money, a new report finds.
    The iconic red shed at the 2000 block of St. Paul Street caught on fire.
    Fire destroys ‘iconic’ red shed in Station North, unsettling a community of unhoused people
    Red Shed Village’s eponymous structure burned down on Thanksgiving. The community of unhoused people who live around it, and the unusual church that supports them, is working to build back.
    Faresha Sim poses for a portrait in her apartment in the Avalon on April 20, 2024. She wears a mask and gloves the majority of the time because of mold.
    Mold is everywhere. Maryland may try to do something about it.
    State officials could set a threshold for when mold should be considered hazardous or mandate a time frame for remediation. But without more research, Maryland’s rules likely won’t go far enough.
    Rachel Oslund, a home inspector, demonstrates how she uses a sticky test strip to collect potential mold spores from a window sill for further testing in a lab.
    Think you have mold at home? Here’s when to call in the professionals.
    Here are some frequently asked questions that could help determine when your mold problem is more than just a nuisance.
    Suzanne Rosenthal outside her home at Brown’s Motel in Ellicott City on Thursday.
    Brown’s Motel in Ellicott City is permanently closing. Some residents aren’t sure where they’ll go.
    Brown’s Motel, located in Ellicott City, is set to close on Dec. 10. Residents, many whom have lived in the motel for years, have to be out of the motel by Friday, Dec. 6.
    Attendees gather at the Legacy at Twin Rivers site prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony on 4/19/2024 in Columbia, MD.
    Maryland wants more housing for the homeless — and it could cost developers
    The proposal has alarmed the affordable housing community, which fears the collapse of the industry.
    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski signed an order Tuesday requiring developers receiving county help to offer a percentage of housing units at an affordable price.
    Taking one last big swing on housing, Olszewski issues affordability mandate
    The executive order is a retort to Baltimore County Council members who have attempted to put guardrails on the administration’s housing affordability and productivity goals.
    A Baltimore hospital sued a homeless man who refused to leave. Why?
    Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of homeless patients walking into emergency rooms. After they’re admitted, some refuse to leave. This is the story of a lawsuit Sinai Hospital filed against one such patient.
    Holly Neck Boardinghouse in Essex, Thursday, October 31, 2024.
    Essex boardinghouse is illegal and should be closed, zoning appeals board rules
    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.
    Baltimore City Council approves tax hike for vacant properties
    The proposal would set the tax rate for vacant and abandoned homes at three times the typical rate in its first year.
    Rockland Run resident Diana Evans looks up at the damaged ceiling above her bed. She has had to deal with water coming through the ceiling in her first floor condo multiple times in the past couple of years.
    A Baltimore County complex shows how it’s getting more expensive to own a condo
    In the midst of a dispute over rising fees, some say more laws and resources could alleviate the strain on common ownership communities.
    Pam Macapagal pictured in her shelter moments after she was told she'd no longer be evicted.
    As Baltimore sweeps encampments, some residents feel discarded too
    At one Baltimore encampment, leaving can be more challenging than staying.
    Residents check out there new homes at Hope Village during the opening ceremony in East Baltimore, Md. on Nov. 4, 2024.
    Tiny houses in East Baltimore create new community for unhoused families
    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.
    Albert Nickerson, a county commissioner in Kent County is pictured on his in-law's farm on October 18, 2024.
    In Maryland’s smallest county, the politics of change take center stage
    High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.
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