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State lawmaker: Graziano said in January deal was near for city housing authority to pay lead judgments
By now, Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg says he expected big news from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City — that it had found a way to resolve the millions of dollars in court-ordered judgments it owes former public housing residents who suffered lead...Tags: Renovation, Housing and Urban Planning, Lawyers, Judges, Lead Poisoning
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Howard Co. housing director faces range of challenges in a tough economic climate
Howard County housing director Tom Carbo can tick off plenty of reasons to live in Howard County — good schools, safe neighborhoods, relatively easy commutes to Baltimore and Washington. But when the time came for him to purchase a home for his...Tags: Property, Housing and Urban Planning, Family, Apartments, Interior Policy
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Baltimore awarded $2.9 million to clean up lead paint
The Baltimore housing department received a $2.9 million federal grant Friday to clean up poisonous lead paint found in the walls of thousands of city buildings. Baltimore will receive $2.9 million from the federal government to fix lead-paint hazards in...Tags: Renovation, Housing and Urban Planning, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family, Ken Strong
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New apartments planned for Barclay
A developer working to transform vacant, city-owned properties in a North Baltimore neighborhood into hundreds of new and rehabbed homes received city design approval Thursday for 69 new apartments that will get under way this fall.
The city's Urban...Tags: Station North, Home Improvement, Hospitals and Clinics, Architecture, Banking
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Developer sold software to Housing Authority, then used it to steal
A Joppa man was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison for stealing funds from the Housing Authority of Baltimore and other public housing agencies across the country through software that his company developed and maintained for the agencies' use,...Tags: Prosecution, Theft, Housing and Urban Planning, Lawyers, Prisons
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An enterprising approach to health
As an architect of the urban "enterprise zone" idea more than 30 years ago, my eye was caught by a recent proposal in Maryland to set up health enterprise zones (HEZ). The original enterprise zone idea was designed to spur economic activity in depressed...Tags: Conservation, Economic Policy, Hospitals and Clinics, Housing and Urban Planning, Medicaid
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Measure would prohibit landlords from discriminating against Section 8
Bonnie Celmer had been on the waiting list for Section 8 housing since July when she finally got a voucher three weeks ago. She's still living in a Baltimore County homeless shelter, unable to find an apartment. "I've been looking for a place, but I can'...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Chicago Housing Authority, Rental Service, Baltimore County, Section 8 (housing)
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
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Today's forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms with a high temperature around 59 degrees. It is expected to be partly cloudy tonight with a low temperature around 39 degrees.
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Check our updates for this morning's issues as you plan...Tags: Minority Groups, Accidental Death, NAACP, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice and Rights
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Alderman Kirby serves Annapolis with no home of his own
Every other Monday night, Annapolis Alderman Kenneth A. Kirby, dressed in a suit and tie, takes his seat on the dais at City Council meetings, discussing community issues and voting on legislation.
Afterward, the others head home from City Hall. And...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Diana Ross, College Sports, Diabetes, Interior Policy
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Auction of housing authority vehicles must proceed, lawyer says
Two siblings trying to collect a $2.6 million judgment against Baltimore's public housing agency for lead-paint poisoning argue in court papers that an auction of 20 agency vehicles must go forward because officials have refused to pay. The Housing...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Lawyers, Auction Service, Lead Poisoning, Interior Policy
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O'Malley proposes extra $15 million to help build rental housing, create jobs
Gov. Martin O'Malley is proposing a $15 million increase in the state's program to help build affordable rental housing, saying the bump would leverage $285 million in private investment and create 1,100 jobs in Maryland.
Surrounded by housing advocates,...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Housing and Urban Planning, Budgets and Budgeting, E.J. Pipkin
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Alleged $1.4 million housing authority fraud began small, indictment says
In early 2010, officials at Baltimore's public housing agency noticed a few thousand dollars had gone missing — transferred without authorization to the bank account of a man who rented his Northeast Baltimore home to a low-income tenant,...Tags: Defendants, Fraud, Chicago Housing Authority, Bank Robbery, Housing and Urban Planning
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