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Housing

    Buying a house in Howard County? You may be waiting a while
    Healthy real estate markets typically have about a six-month supply of homes at any given time. Howard County has just a few weeks’ worth.
    Felicia Novotny Davis’ neighborhood in Columbia, Md. on Monday, June 9, 2025. in Columbia, Md. on Monday, June 9, 2025.
    Banks, business leaders to raise at least $100 million to address Baltimore’s vacant homes
    The investment came with a call for increased urgency from the city.
    Community members from across Baltimore’s congregations and housing coalitions stand in unity at a press conference about the state of vacant housing in the city at Greater Harvest Baptist Church on Sunday.
    Her husband died suddenly. Then the inquiries for her house began.
    In tragedy, some housing professionals see opportunity.
    Molly and her son, Henry, play at a park near their home.
    Baltimore’s permit backlog was bad. A new system made things worse.
    So far, the promised overhaul of Baltimore's permit backlog hasn't worked, according to city data.
    Several homes slated for renovation on Mura Street in East Baltimore’s Johnston Square neighborhood are missing roofs.
    Times are hard. Here’s who to call for rent and housing help in Maryland.
    If you’re worried about being able to stay in your home, there are resources available in Maryland.
    A string of fires in Hampden has left neighbors suspicious and on edge
    Rumors are swirling in the aftermath of four fires on Keswick Road in the Hampden neighborhood in Baltimore City.
    Baltimore City firefighters mop up a five-alarm fire on the 3400 block of Keswick Road in October 2024.
    Baltimore’s top YIMBYs want to erase zoning rules blocking more housing
    A package of five bills will attempt to make it easier to build and redevelop Baltimore City properties.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott holds a press conference announcing the Housing Options and Opportunity Act at City Hall on Monday.
    Local workforce development organization falls victim to Trump cuts
    As the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion, one of Baltimore's workforce development organizations loses funding.
    Jennifer Dewees, president of MCCEI, speaks at the first Annual Maryland Tradeswomen Summit in March.
    Mayor Scott extends protection from ‘predatory’ tax sale, but some want more
    It’s become of the mayor’s signature policies, but advocates are pushing him to up the ante.
    Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2025 State of the City address at the France Merrick Performing Arts Center in downtown Baltimore on Monday, April 21, 2025
    Twice as many Baltimoreans needed an emergency shelter in the last 2 years
    The number of people using Baltimore’s emergency shelter system for overnight stays has doubled in the last two years, the latest city data shows.
    The encampment in Brooklyn Park features several tents in circle with Pam Macapagal's shelter in the center.
    A ‘pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up the Baltimore County executive race
    In a heated field, Nick Stewart seeks to highlight his platform as “pro-growth” and “progressive” in Baltimore County executive race.
    Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.
    Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
    Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
    Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
    How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
    The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
    Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
    Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series
    The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.
    Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.
    Baltimore’s proposed tax cut could come at a cost — like a new trash fee
    Cutting Baltimore City property tax rates would come at a cost — about $120 million annually.
    Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
    A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
    Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
    The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
    A Baltimore housing program is leading the nation in a key metric
    A Cityscape paper found the Baltimore area is bucking a national trend.
    West Baltimore housing
    The last-ditch effort to salvage a statewide housing bill
    If it passes, the bill would require Maryland's housing agency to post public housing targets on its website and publish an annual report assessing the progress.
    Lawmakers have rewritten a housing bill proposed by Gov. Wes Moore so that it will now set housing targets in each county and Baltimore.
    Greenleigh, in Baltimore County, could offer a way out of the housing crisis
    Greenleigh’s residential housing success story could offer a blueprint for the rest of the state during a national housing crisis.
    Asa Johnson Sr. sits on the front steps of his home in the Greenleigh development in Middle River.
    A Baltimore developer’s private jet transfer has infuriated its creditors
    A construction arm of Chasen Cos. now faces petition for forced bankruptcy
    Creditors are seeking involuntary bankruptcy for a construction arm of the company, after a private jet transfer.
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