Housing

Promising projects are on the horizon but it could still be a while before the city sees new units under the law, says the housing commissioner.

BUILD, the influential, multifaith nonprofit group, is fighting to ensure that certain neighborhoods are included in the governor’s plan to redevelop vacants in Baltimore City.

With an executive order Tuesday, the Maryland governor launched a new initiative to address the decades-long issue of vacant properties in the city.

Baltimore’s City Council is looking at a new and untested approach with a special financing package aimed at revitalizing blighted neighborhoods.

Changes to juvenile crime laws, protections for gender-affirming care, and new requirements for motorcycle and horse riders become law on October 1.

Blighted row houses in East Baltimore have been rehabilitated into affordable units where 15 international teachers are now living onsite.

During the town hall, attendees formed small groups to discuss strategies for attracting more residents, resources for renters and homeowners and improving affordability.

A rooftop pool leak lead to the evacuation of the Axel Brewers Hill Apartments, fire officials said Friday.

Baltimore’s Housing Department enacted the fixed pricing program earlier this year. It allows residents and community land trusts to purchase city-owned vacant properties for one dollar.

“This is not an anti-landlord bill. It’s an anti-slumlord bill.”