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Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services learned last fall that individuals in its permanent supportive housing program were ineligible to receive funds through the state's Rental Allowance Program - an estimated loss of $50,000.

Contractors demolished an historic West Baltimore building last week without a permit, city housing officials said.

bs-ed-op-0208-art-spaces-20180206. Preserving long-term, safe, affordable arts space in Baltimore is a challenging issue, but the dedication and diligence of property owners, artists, officials and nonprofit organizations committed to the task is encouraging.

After months of research and debate, the Howard County Council passed a long-awaited update to its adequate public facilities ordinance on Monday night, an act meant to ensure the county’s roads and schools keep up with population growth.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson allowed his son to help organize an event in Baltimore last year even though department lawyers warned it created the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Who received thumbs up from the Carroll County Times this week?

Human Services Programs of Carroll County Inc., has been awarded $158, 092 in grant funds to help support homeless people in Carroll County.The grant is part of a $1.5 million effort announced Wednesday by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

Maryland General Assembly leaders are calling on Gov. Larry Hogan to double the financial aid he pledged for Baltimore school heating projects, money that would come from an emergency fund that the legislators control.

At the start of the year, the Westside Shelter in Catonsville had already expanded capacity to take in the homeless during freezing weather for 29 days this winter, a more than 50 percent increase over the year before.

Baltimore officials plan to relocate more than 120 families from West Baltimore’s troubled Gilmor Homes public housing project and demolish six buildings.

Expert says Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development should implement a landlord training process like other cities.

Investing public funds primarily to chase private market activity fails the  racial equity test.  If the market has decided that certain neighborhoods in Baltimore are struggling, these communities need bolder visions and more public investment to lead the private market, not vice versa.

A group of activists called on Baltimore's Board of Estimates to borrow more money to fund affordable housing. The board voted to proceed without adding the funds.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced initiatives aimed at curbing violent crime in Baltimore. The following is a transcript of the announcement.

A look at Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's first year in office. Pugh came into office last December promising a series of initiatives, but the first year has been hampered by the city's crime rate.

Baltimore tenants, who have one of the highest rates of eviction in the country, are pressuring Mayor Catherine Pugh to make good on a campaign promise for more affordable housing in the city.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Wednesday announced a new program designed to eliminate rats in the city's public housing units.

The woman who called to get the hose turned on sticks in my mind. That was one of my best days at work. But, really, even the bad days were pretty good.

While a plan to knock down thousands of vacant rowhouses in Baltimore snarled in red tape, Gov. Larry Hogan's effort to reshape the city has morphed into something else.

Affordable housing for the poor has long remained elusive in the Baltimore region's most prosperous communities—and under pressure from fair housing advocates,

Maryland is right to steer its affordable housing policy toward helping kids. Local jurisdictions should follow.

Construction begins on restaurant next to Ritz Cabaret, a plan that had previously met opposition from neighborhood groups.

Affordable housing for the poor has long remained elusive in the Baltimore region’s most prosperous communities—and under pressure from fair housing advocates,

Housing Authority of Baltimore City considers options for financing Perkins Homes redevelopment

Developers and housing advocates worry about the future of affordable housing projects, funded largely by a federal tax credit program at risk if Republicans reduce the corporate tax rate.

Last year City Paper shared the horrors of living in Baltimore City public housing in our story on the J. Van Story Branch apartment building. Over a year

Renters now represent the majority of the nation’s 100 largest cities, including Baltimore whose renter population is over 300,000.

A Baltimore developer plans to turn a vacant warehouse near Green Mount Cemetery into 50-unit apartment building for artists.

Stable, affordable housing is critical for the future of our city’s children so that they can reach their potential.

The church that owns a shuttered and dilapidated rooming house in Butcher’s Hill that’s worried neighbors for years has decided to put the property on the market.

In letter Friday, the lawmakers focus on collection tactics, HUD vouchers, steps to avoid conflict of interest

At City Lab Baltimore, the people congregate outside the big renovated movie theater at North and Charles and wait in line for name tags attached to

Leaders from around the country to share ideas on how to address Baltimore's problems

A new housing paradigm would help stop Baltimore's violence.

Activists rallied in South Baltimore indoors Saturday, making known their opposition to proposed cuts to the federal housing budget.

West Baltimore house becomes latest vacant building to collapsed in city

Marriott International is reviewing the cladding used on the outside of the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel to make sure it complies with safety standards after the same material accelerated a London apartment building fire that killed dozens.

Using an astonomer to predict when vacant houses might blow down and a sociologist to chronicle how involving immigrants in neighborhood groups stems crime is part of new initiative at the Johns Hopkins University designed to help Baltimore confront its intractable problems

Construction of the four-story building, located at Reisterstown Road and Liberty Heights Avenue, is expected to cost $15.9 million.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is set to name two leaders for the city's housing agencies Thursday, beginning the process of fulfilling a campaign pledge to separate the public housing authority and the housing and community development department.

The Howard County Housing Commission has appointed Peter Engel as its new executive director, who began his position on June 19.

State Department's E. Lloyd Davis Sr. dies

Baltimore Police identified several recent homicide victims on Wednesday, after a spate of shootings left six dead in less than 24 hours.

Gentrification threatens to wipe out diversity gains made in Baltimore's so-called "global neighborhoods."

Riverside neighbor gets notice about emergency demolition of a nearby property days after it was torn down, spewing bricks onto her deck.

As mosquito season nears, the heads of several Baltimore departments unveiled efforts Tuesday to help prevent mosquito-born illnesses, including Zika, which can lead to brain defects in babies.

The $27 million renovation and reopening of the city's Allendale public apartment complex was described as "hallelujah" moment by Carol Payne, the Director of the Baltimore Region for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. But a hallelujah moment for whom? Should public housing residents and applicants really be praising a program that turns publicly held assets over to private entities with practically no accountability to the low-income seniors and people with

Closed in January due to lack of a permit and safety violations, Studio 14 in West Baltimore reopened earlier this week.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh publicly backed advocates' calls Saturday for her administration to issue $40 million in bonds annually for affordable housing

A two-alarm fire that broke out at an East Baltimore highrise last month was caused by an improperly discarded cigarette, the city fire department said.