Vacant Housing

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.

Baltimore Banner investigative reporter Justin Fenton, and WYPR's Baltimore County and environment reporter John Lee and education reporter Zshekinah Collier discuss some of the top news stories they've been filing.

Baltimore City is using a special type of foreclosure process to tackle vacant housing issues but it's a difficult task.

We talk with the co-authors of a new report on the true societal costs of Baltimore's vacant housing. Plus, what's up with Adopt-a-Lot?

After a deadly fire this year the city has demolished more than 100 properties so far.

The 2020 census showed that Baltimore’s population shrank for the seventh decade; the Baltimore Community Change Project is combing neighborhood data to figure out why and how to reverse the drop. We ask a UB research professor and the founder of Fight Blight B’more.

Rebuild Metro's Sean Closkey and Parity's Bree Jones explain how they are working to restore Baltimore's ruined housing without displacing its communities.

Three key players in Mayor Scott's administration discuss the new campaign to fix one of Baltimore's most enduring failures — the blight caused by thousands of vacant homes.