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Residents of an Edgewood neighborhood were able to repair their dilapidated private roads this summer, thanks to a partnership between their homeowners association and Harford County government.

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners are supporting Sykesville's proposal to annex a land parcel for a possible rent-to-own housing development.

Housing secretary has shown core views of Hogan administration regarding race and class

Although it was certainly heartening that Lt. Gov. Rutherford distanced the Hogan Administration from the remarks made by Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth Holt at the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) summer conference, and good to hear that Gov. Hogan has counseled the secretary, these actions may not be enough.

Holt's remarks on lead paint poisoning show a fundamental misunderstanding of state law

The city's longest-serving agency head, with 13 years at the helm of the nation's fifth-largest Public Housing Authority, makes about $214,000 per year, according to an agency spokeswoman. But it's not the whole story.

David Craig served a record nine years and four-plus months as Harford County's chief executive and when he left office last December, very few of those who had served as his top advisors stayed behind with the county.

U.S. Housing Secretary Julian Castro may have said it, but 42-year-old Sabrina Oliver has lived it. Oliver was living in a crime-infested part of Edmondson Village in 2008 with her two children, when she was accepted into a voucher program that allowed her to move — first to Parkville in Baltimore County, then to Orchard Beach in Anne Arundel County.

The Havre de Grace City Council has agreed to ask the state for $300,000 for the second phase of the city's Opera House renovation project, which would complete the interior renovations.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin and some of the leaders of the city's top philanthropic and faith organizations said Monday that the lack of job opportunities for impoverished communities in Baltimore is a key obstruction to the city's recovery after the riots in April.

Baltimore could lose $28 million a year in federal funding under an Obama administration proposal to change how some of the nation's largest housing agencies deliver services, setting off a scramble among local and federal officials.

As he does every Fourth of July, State Del. Sandy Rosenberg will read aloud from the Declaration of Independence before the Roland Park parade. We profile him and why he does it.

Five Baltimore community projects share 2015 PNC Transformative Art Prize

Thursday column of items – 10 items, 10 paragraphs

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City should follow Seattle's lead in limiting exclusion of ex-offenders to those who have committed felony level, violent offenses. Keeping nonviolent, already disenfranchised ex-offenders from securing affordable housing in the name of safety worsens the health of our city.

Some Korean-American merchants who saw their businesses damaged in the April rioting say the city did not do enough to protect their businesses. Some have filed notices saying that they intend to pursue legal claims against the city for damage sustained in the rioting.

The federal government is considering an overhaul of its subsidized housing program that would change how it determines rent limits from a one-size-fits-all approach for metro areas to a more localized, zip code-based approach that could allow more people to move to Baltimore's suburbs.

Bill would allow police to issue citations directly on the scene of private events that disturb "the quiet enjoyment of others."

A little more than a year after heavy rains caused a block of E. 26th Street to sink onto the railroad tracks 30 feet below, taking with it eight cars, street lamps and blacktop, city officials on Thursday said restoration of the street is now complete.

Local agencies and foundation are reviewing an outpouring of demand from Baltimore businesses and neighborhoods for relief following last month's unrest with a combination of hope and helplessness

The Peabody Brewery in the Abell neighborhood of Baltimore plans to buy its building and double its production this year with the help of a state loan set to be approved by the Board of Public Works on Wednesday.

More than 225 people turned out Saturday for the nonprofit group Live Baltimore's twice-yearly housing fair at Edmondson Westside High School.

The state has launched a new, zero percent interest microloan program for small businesses damaged in the riots.

The night before the election of his successor, Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty presided over his last full meeting with the City Council Monday night with relatively little fanfare.

Baltimore city has approved $6.2 million in questionable payments meant to help poor families pay their energy bills, including grants to three dozen households that aren't even in the city, according to a new audit.

The national NAACP will open two satellite offices in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood.

A community center and apartments being built across the street from the Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore were ablaze Monday night — a huge, raging fire visible from blocks away.

The Board of Finance approved $58.3 million in financing for a long-stalled development in Poppleton Monday, pushing forward a plan to take a tool associated with high-profile Inner Harbor projects and use it to spur largely residential development in a high-poverty area.

William "Bill" Toohey, the former the spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department, died Thursday, his son Liam announced.

Sandtown-Winchester's successes

The real estate firm founded by developer Bill Struever said Tuesday it is part of a joint venture planing to turn a historic complex in East Baltimore into housing for nurses, office space, and café.

Amid questions about plans for transportation in the state, Maryland senators scheduled a second confirmation hearing for Gov. Larry Hogan's pick for transportation secretary

A two-time former head of the state's housing department has been selected to lead a major redevelopment effort in East Baltimore near Johns Hopkins, an area officials have been trying to transform for more than a decade.

Boarded homes still pockmark the streets around Madeira, but residents say their small alleyway, tucked between Orleans and Fayette streets in East Baltimore, is nearly unrecognizable from just a few years ago, when trees sprouted through the buildings, drug activity — not cars — filled a corner lot, and if a home was inhabited, the occupant was likely a stray cat.

Ellicott City has earned the Main Street Maryland designation, giving it top priority for future state and federal grant opportunities and connecting it to statewide marketing and promotional events.

Civil rights groups are asking Maryland's highest court to strike down a state law capping the amount of money plaintiffs can receive after successfully suing a local government, saying larger penalties are necessary to ensure justice in police brutality cases.

State and local governments have become too adept at skirting public information act requests

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City — which opened the wait list this week for the first time in a decade — will randomly select 25,000 families to be placed on the register after a nine-day, online only sign up period ends on Oct 30. Then, the list will close for another six years.

The grassroots organization PATH, or People Acting Together in Howard, has come up with a specific agenda to address the issue of affordable housing in the county. On Tuesday evening, PATH held a campaign event that its leaders said brought them one step closer to making change.

The Harford County Council approved tax breaks Tuesday night for two low- to moderate-income housing developments, Riverwoods in Abingdon and a renovated Windsor Valley in Edgewood.

The city expects a flood of applications when it opens the wait list for Section 8 housing vouchers this month for the first time in more than a decade.