Tax Sales

Maryland municipalities recoup unpaid taxes and fees through an annual tax sale. But struggling owners can get caught in the crosshairs and risk losing their home to foreclosure. Can reforms balance accountability with protections?

Owner-occupied homes valued at less than $250,000 will be exempt from the controversial sales tax.

Baltimore City's annual tax sale, designed to collect unpaid bills from delinquent city homeowners - is the focus of a Baltimore Banner investigation. We get three perspectives on tax sale problems, and possible solutions.

One week in at Baltimore County Public Schools, nearly 800 are in quarantine. And in Baltimore, the mayor encourages eligible residents to apply for a credit that will help keep them in their homes.

Mayor Brandon Scott is encouraging eligible Baltimore residents to apply for the Maryland Property Tax Credit, three weeks ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.

Advocates for Baltimore’s homeless help clear an encampment under a city overpass and find temporary housing for those who lived there. Mayor Scott responds to WYPR about getting delinquent homeowners off the upcoming tax sale list before they face foreclosure. And Baltimore’s former health commissioner says the Biden administration blew a big opportunity last week to tout the benefits of getting vaccinated.

Baltimore City’s outdoor mask mandate will be relaxed in line with state guidelines. The Maryland Health Department will restart distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week. Housing advocates have a plea to Mayor Brandon Scott: Stop this year’s tax sale! And state transportation officials look to ease traffic congestion on the Bay Bridge, but the plan is drawing criticism from lawmakers on the shore and beyond.

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young signed a bill into law Monday morning that would protect vulnerable residents from losing their homes to the city’s annual tax…

Mayor Young signs a bill to protect vulnerable homeowners during the pandemic. An outcry by Baltimore County teachers has delayed their return to four…

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young announced Wednesday the city’s new tax sale date. It will be July 20 instead of the originally scheduled date of May 18. Under…