Housing

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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

An underground fire shut down streets in downtown Baltimore and caused power and internet outages Sunday.

The pool that collapsed on an apartment building roof last week did not damage the structure of the main building, an engineering firm said.

Howard County officials have long had high hopes for transforming the Columbia Gateway business district into a regional destination.

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.

The Community Action Council of Howard County secured a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize housing units.

The Baltimore County Council passed legislation to tax vacant structures and direct the revenue to funds that help find housing and fix up vacant buildings.

The city appealed to the federal housing agency earlier this year to get back part of that lost funding.

Whether the Democrats’ new fervor will translate into policy changes and more housing is less certain, as Gov. Wes Moore and others who have tried already know.

Does the “girl” in “water” still work for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works? City officials aren’t saying.

As many as 120 Yorkwood Elementary School students could be pushed out of their community, with devastating consequences to their school.

When Stephanie and Mary Kalinich faced a tax sale on their Arnold home, the sisters sold it to a friend with a real estate background, thinking they would be allowed to stay. Now they are facing eviction and have no place to go.

Two East Side community activists, Leah Biddinger and Kevin McDonough, work together to identify potential code violations in their community and alert Baltimore County officials.

Joseph Gillespie admitted to taking more than $250,000 in bribes that caused the city to lose out on more than $1 million in tax revenue.