Housing

The worker-owned business employs a diverse workforce, which has first dibs on every home it rehabs.

The Baltimore County Council on Monday passed a contentious measure designed to reduce overcrowding in schools by adding an approval process for developers who want to build new housing.

The goal, developers say, is to turn affordable housing on its head — making seamless with surrounding communities and attractive to residents of various income brackets.

The historic cornices, vent covers, trims and other ornate fixtures they made in class will go on renovated Baltimore homes in Black neighborhoods.

A preservationist developer wanted to modernize an old 25-bedroom hotel in Mount Vernon. Now, the property sits with a listing price at $1.6 million.

Baltimore County Council member David Marks says a critic of his approach to reforming the county Planning Board should participate in the council’s reform effort.

“I need to do everything that I can to try to avoid the avoidable ones, and then try to help people once they have been evicted,” Cogen said.

The American Cancer Society is selling a Montgomery County mansion donated by former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and his wife Tanya Snyder.

A measure to change the selection process for Baltimore County's Planning Board might have less to do with concerns about planning generally and more to do with opposition to mixed-use development that would include affordable housing, says a county resident who writes about law and local government issues.

Anne Arundel Connecting Together, a nonpartisan alliance of 18 faith congregations and community groups, wants to see county action on a moderately priced dwelling unit bill after an earlier proposal was narrowly defeated last year.

The deal is the state’s first enforcement action against the real estate company. Jay Walsh, who ran ABC, faces criminal charges in Maryland.

Baltimore County’s agreement with MCB Real Estate to develop housing that’s attainable for working families should serve as a model for addressing the county’s unmet housing needs, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. says.

Maryland homeowners at risk of foreclosure can take steps to save their homes andget assistance from housing counseling agencies, a Baltimore real estate broker and credit repair specialist says.

In 2021, Frederick Williams wrote the city of Baltimore a check for more than $13,000 to pay off outstanding property taxes as part of his purchase of a home. What he got was an almost three-year legal odyssey that nearly cost him the house.

As Baltimore households continue to get smaller, a commitment to building more housing to accommodate this trend is the best way to turn around the city’s declining population, say a consultant on vacancy and blight reduction and the president of an organization working to help rebuild Baltimore neighborhoods.

Howard County is expanding two programs meant to provide relief to homebuyers and residents.

In the opinion, Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader wrote for the court that landlords cannot charge tenants who are overdue on their rent any penalties except for a late fee that can be up to 5% of the monthly amount.

The policy aims to give Maryland tenants more power to fight bad housing conditions in court.

Legislation would put renters at risk by removing safeguards that protect non-owner-occupied properties from city tax sale foreclosures for unpaid water debt, an economic justice advocate and a public water advocate say.

The impact of the National Association of Realtors' multimillion-dollar settlement on home buying and selling looks different for each state. Here's what it means for Maryland.