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Housing security unit disbanded, employees laid off
Baltimore's housing office has disbanded its security unit, laying off seven sworn police officers, the agency said Thursday. The duties of the Lease Enforcement Unit — which investigates criminal activity in public housing to determine if a...Tags: Public Housing, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
Tags: Recipes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, United Way , U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Affordable housing at risk
America is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis — Baltimore, too. Ten million families are paying more than 50 percent of their monthly income on rent, a severe cost burden that leaves little for food and other necessities. Over 32,000...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Corporate Officers, Rentals
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Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now
A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, White House, Federal Aviation Administration, Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Fort Meade (military base)
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Restaurant owner charged with running illegal club after shooting
The owner of a West Baltimore restaurant has been charged with operating an illegal after-hours club, police said, after a triple shooting this month in which a man was killed outside the establishment. Timothy Fraser, 58, owner of Ras-a-ter...
Tags: Prosecution, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Shootings, Justice System
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Exelon merger-fund millions go to projects to lower energy costs
The $113.5 million that Exelon Corp. agreed to make available for innovative projects — a condition of regulatory approval for its purchase of Constellation Energy in Baltimore — was awarded Thursday to groups planning to help low-income...Tags: Dundalk, Exelon Corp., Energy Saving, Small Businesses, Ken Strong
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Woman gets 3-year prison term for housing authority fraud
A 41-year-old Washington woman was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for her role in conspiring to steal $1.4 million from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland announced. In imposing his...
Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Justice System
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Malpractice, House Building, Corruption, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Government
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Group hopes to provide affordable housing in downtown Columbia
A group of local housing advocates have put together the necessary documents to present to the County Council for recognition as the nonprofit that will provide affordable housing in downtown Columbia. A resolution was prefiled before the council last...
Tags: Finance, Real Estate, Howard Hughes, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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Affordable-housing requirement waived for Superblock
Baltimore's Department of Housing and Community Development has waived the affordable-housing requirement for the Lexington Square "Superblock" project, a development discussed Thursday at a meeting of the City Council's Taxation, Finance and Economic...Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, Carl Stokes
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Settlement in decades-old fair housing case
Hundreds of families living in some of Baltimore's most impoverished neighborhoods will get to move to better conditions under a proposed settlement that could finally resolve a fair housing case dating back to 1995. Attorneys representing current and...Tags: Litigation, Trials, Section 8 (housing), Healthy Diet, American Civil Liberties Union
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Homicides mount in Baltimore's Southwestern District
Terrance Gough bought a king-size mattress, unpacked his clothes and arranged the bedroom in his uncle's Southwest Baltimore home just the way he liked it. The 26-year-old never got a chance to sleep in the bed, however: he was gunned down the next...Tags: Murder, Housing and Urban Planning, Charles Village, Interior Policy, Asphyxiation
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