Every year the city auctions off property (both lots and structures) when the property owner fails to pay municipal fees, like water bills and property taxes. Many of these parcels are owned by people who have no idea what to do, in order to save their homes. There is help available, for those who need […]
Reposted from Housing Policy Watch: People make much of the idea of “two cities” in Baltimore — one, affluent and white, and the other is usually labeled as poor and black. This view leaves out the third group: the folks, black and white, who earn around the city’s median income of $40,000 or so, and […]
Posted from Housing Policy Watch: As 2014 draws to a close, I thought it would be a good idea to highlight some of the work that’s been happening over the past year. You can support this work by going here and making a tax-deductible contribution that will be matched by the Warnock Foundation. A total […]
You may recall that we started Housing Policy Watch as a natural progression of the work we were doing with Baltimore Slumlord Watch. With additional work also comes additional need for residents, and business owners to support what’s happening in Baltimore, to change housing policy for the better — for all who work and live […]