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    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.
    Mondawmin is one of 120 neighborhoods where buyers can use an expanded Live Baltimore grant program to help pay for a home.
    Hey, Baltimore renters: You could get up to $20,000 to buy a home
    Two grants are offered: up to $10,000 to purchase a home or up to $20,000 to purchase and renovate a home.
    Phyllis Wert, a former owner Chesapeake Wine Company, urges voters to reject the MCB Real Estate ballot measure to add residences to Harborplace at the Inner Harbor.
    Harborplace developer’s former tenants urge vote against ballot question
    The tenants said MCB Real Estate was a subpar landlord that drove down the shopping center’s value.
    City Council is moving after state lawmakers earlier this year approved a law allowing higher tax rates on vacant properties.
    Baltimore could begin taxing vacant properties more by July 2026
    Owners of vacant properties would eventually pay a tax rate four times that of typical properties.
    Cora Williams returns to her apartment in the Bellevieu Manchester apartments. She is one of several city tenants suing their landlord and property manager over their failure to procure a rental license, arguing that it was intentional fraud.
    Tenants ask court if unlicensed landlords, property managers are committing fraud
    A win on fraud and deceit would be a "huge win" for tenants, attorneys for the case said.
    A man on a bike wearing a helmet waits outside of a glass shelter at an above ground train station.
    Maryland’s transportation, housing agencies teaming up to incentivize new homes
    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.
    Matthew and Kathy Schmale on their wedding day, June 12, 1983.
    Couple killed in 5-alarm fire were part of Hampden’s ‘heart and soul’
    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.
    Mayor Brandon Scott speaks outside of vacant homes on West Saratoga street during a press conference hosted by Build One Baltimore on February 16, 2023.
    9 Baltimore groups to team up on vacant housing with $4M from JPMorgan Chase
    Nine Baltimore nonprofits will receive a cut of a $4 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase.
    A silver train that says "MARC" on the front rides down a train track.
    Walk and ride? State lays out vision for more development near MARC’s Penn Line stations
    The state transportation department wants to encourage new apartment buildings and other development around stations along the MARC Penn Line.
    Votes on “Question F” to allow redevelopment at Harborplace will count, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
    Harborplace redevelopment ballot measure will count, Maryland’s Supreme Court rules
    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.
    Owners of vacant properties would pay higher tax rates if Baltimore City Council approves legislation introduced Monday.
    Baltimore City Council wants to raise property tax rates on vacant homes
    The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.
    People enjoy downtown Detroit, Mich. on Sept. 19, 2024.
    JPMorgan Chase helped revive Detroit. Now they’re betting big on Baltimore.
    Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.
    Newly built homes in the Creekside Village neighborhood in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Friday, October 4, 2024.
    Explosive growth in Glen Burnie last year: What’s attracting new residents?
    Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.
    The Anne Arundel County Council in voting on the 2025 fiscal year budget earlier this year.
    Anne Arundel County updates affordable housing bill: Key changes explained
    The Anne Arundel County Council introduced the Housing Attainability Act on Sept. 3 to create an inclusionary housing policy that requires developers to make a percentage of new units affordable.
    The view from the third floor of one of Rising Housing’s properties in West Baltimore that will become a commercialized space called Java and Joists, as seen on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
    Gov. Moore wants to eliminate 5,000 vacant Baltimore homes in 5 years
    The executive order comes about 10 months after Mayor Brandon Scott and community partners rolled out a comprehensive strategy designed to abate the city’s vacant housing epidemic
    The interior of Viva Books in downtown Baltimore was badly damaged in a fire that officials say started underground.
    Underground fire chars Baltimore bookstore, disrupts internet and power
    An underground fire shut down streets in downtown Baltimore and caused power and internet outages Sunday.
    The pool at the Axel Brewers Hill apartment complex was in a “vault” that was separate from the main structure of the building, so the building remains safe, an engineering firm said after an investigation.
    Brewers Hill pool collapse didn’t otherwise damage apartment building, engineer finds
    The pool that collapsed on an apartment building roof last week did not damage the structure of the main building, an engineering firm said.
    Curved, white arches stand over a sign that reads "Columbia Gateway: A Corporate Community"
    The latest vision for transforming the Columbia Gateway office park: a new downtown
    Howard County officials have long had high hopes for transforming the Columbia Gateway business district into a regional destination.
    Members of the Coalition for Atonement and Repair captured in front of the Stanton Center mural in Annapolis.
    Decades after Annapolis uprooted Black families, some seek justice
    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.
    Ellicott City grew less diverse, Columbia lost population, new data shows
    Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.
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