Housing Authority of Baltimore City

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City will spend over $600,000 to secure spaces for 10 students over the next five years.

"This is not an aspect of officer indifference, this is a clear example of not following the rules and lives are being lost.”

“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.

Around 90 residents have requested relocation help from the city, according to the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. A recent survey found that most Brooklyn Homes residents don’t feel safe in the area while many put crime, food insecurity and a poor police presence as among their top concerns for quality of life.

This massive bill has accrued because, while the housing authority has been paying some of its water bill to the city it has not been paying them in full, staff from both the housing authority and the Department of Public Works told the inspector general’s office.

The meeting was supposed to give residents a chance to be heard while also being a first step towards a “community compact.”

“There is an affordable housing shortage across the country so these numbers do not surprise us,” said officials with the city’s housing authority.

We’ll go On the Record with the head of Baltimore City’s Housing Authority. The waitlist for the Low-Income Public Housing is open for the first time in four years. How will recipients be picked from the thousands who apply? Then: a new approach to inclusionary housing.

Residents are advised to drink water, stay indoors and care for more vulnerable loved ones.

Previously, there were no details in the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policies on how residents can hold a gathering on communal property. Now, the updated policy will require residents “to get written approval from HABC for any indoor or outdoor common area for an event."