Affordable housing

Legislators, advocates want the state to intervene.

“Vacancy represents one of Baltimore’s greatest challenges, but it also represents Baltimore’s greatest opportunity.”

The bill aims to restrict development but opponents say it will create barriers for affordable housing.

“It’s unclear what any final legislation might look like.”

Affordable housing project has been long opposed by an historically Black neighborhood in Towson.

One homebuilding group says 2023 has been a record-breaking year, as it continues to push that homeownership should be for all.

“The most important thing is that we get people on those lists so that they have an equal opportunity to receive housing as soon as it's made available,” said the authority’s communications director.

City residents want an inclusionary housing law.

New legislation will make it easier to do something about vacant residential properties, officials say.

BUILD, which stands for Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, has released a report analyzing the scale of blight across Baltimore City and calls for an enormous investment to wipe out the city’s long standing vacancy problem.