housing and urban planning

One month after across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration began there are signs the impact on the economy — even in a state such as Maryland with strong ties to the federal government — might not be as severe as initially feared.

Tattoo artist in Hampden is unhappy that a competitor wants to open up a shop in the same block of The Avenue. He is asking the merchants' association to oppose the newcomer.

A Johns Hopkins study explores nuanced lessons on why Moving to Opportunity worked for some families but not others, who were drawn back to poor areas where they could afford more space.

'Long journey home' will be even longer under city's plan to end homelessness

This event is sponsored by the PTSA Chemical-Free Senior Events Committee to help fund the chemical–free After Prom Party

A Catonsville community association last week appealed a Baltimore County administrative judge's decision to approve developer Steve Whalen's plans for a medical office building, pointing to the developer's recent conviction in a campaign finance case.

Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity gets a $1 million grant to build houses in the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood in north/northeast Baltimore, and Pigtown and Mount Winans in south Baltimore. The money will help fund the rehabbing of 21 dilapidated row houses in the 600-800 block of McCabe Avenue off York Road and construction of a park. The city is supporting the project.

An Annapolis man suspected of murdering a man and shooting a woman in the city's Robinwood public housing neighborhood is expected to turn himself in to police on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

The team picked to redevelop the 62-acre O'Donnell Heights public housing site in Southeast Baltimore has cleared the major hurdle to construction, closing on $20 million in funding for the rental homes in phase one.

Ras-a-ter, a reggae and hip-hop club, has been the scene of two shootings involving seven victims over 14 months

The Harford County Council announced Tuesday that its administrative offices will move back into their former home on Bond Street in Bel Air this Thursday.

City parks agency turns over books for auditing

A proposed zoning district that has residents concerned it grants too much freedom to developers is generating the same concerns among the Howard County Council.

Hazel Sanders and her Rottweiler service dog, Jurneé, are preparing to move into an apartment she can afford after the management company agreed to drop objections based on the Maryland Court of Appeals decision ...

A controversial new Howard County zoning district has been challenged for the past two months by residents who say it gives developers too much freedom. Now, some claim it may even be illegal.

Annapolis police are looking for Clarence Eugene Johnson III, after obtaining a warrant charging him with first-degree murder of a Brooklyn man and the shooting of a woman Wednesday night in Robinwood public housing community in the city..

Ten months after the national mortgage settlement was hailed as a major step in reforming a broken system, some homeowners are getting aid — but some housing advocates say the overall results are not what they'd hoped.

Joyce Ardo, chairperson of Wilde Lake's Village Board, said last week the community is "very supportive and very excited" to see plans moving forward for the redevelopment of the village center.

At the last day of testimony in the administrative hearing, attorney J. Carroll Holzer said the Kenwood Gardens Condominium Association had been denied "due process" in objecting to the Southwest Physicians Pavilion planned by Whalen Properties.

Catonsville, Dundalk, Pulaski Highway area and Parkville-Overlea seek designation

Homeowners across the city could see their property rights altered by the city's first zoning code overhaul in more than 40 years, which city officials said they designed to protect the character of Baltimore's neighborhoods and make it easier for homes be modernized.

A U.S. District Court judge has approved a settlement in a Baltimore fair housing case dating back to 1995.

The proposed CEF zoning district for Howard County is a bad idea that would undermine orderly planning

City ready to break ground on Habitat for Humanity houses on depressed McCabe Avenue off York Road.

The longtime home of James and Patricia Rouse on the banks of Wilde Lake in Columbia is up for sale for the first time in 38 years, when the newlyweds purchased it for $95,000.

Howard County planners want new rules allowing developers to depart from existing zoning in exchange for providing benefits to the community. Many community activists are raising alarms.

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, prosecutors said.

Three decades into its mission, Enterprise has become an agenda-setter for the affordable housing community and it is responding to a challenging period by reassessing its goals and charting new paths to reach them.

The Town of Bel Air will enter into a mutual aid agreement that will assist in the process of the town helping another local jurisdiction in the case of a state of emergency.

Ballot questions for the upcoming presidential election, specifically the ones dealing with same-sex marriage and county charter amendments, brought out some opinions at Havre de Grace's council meeting Monday.

Dulaney High School is proud of the accomplishments of students and teachers, and we're happy to share their achievements as well.. ...

Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill could face a Supreme Court test similar to the Affordable Care Act

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.

Walmart was again the hot topic at Tuesday's Harford County Council meeting, with about 30 residents coming out to make their opposition to the project at Plumtree Road and Route 924 clear to the council members, who had a light agenda that night.

"Cows floating downstream, walls collapsing, low-lying roads closed and countless basements flooded"- that was what grabbed the reader's attention on the front page 25 years ago.

Two Howard County residents challenging more than 100 government decisions involving everything from sewer system hookups to the construction of highway interchanges and homes have won a hearing in Maryland's highest court.

As part of a little-known effort, congressional staffers across the country have been calling banks relentlessly to bargain for help for homeowners.

Fair housing settlement. AFL-CIO, HUD, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

The death of a woman whose decomposing body was found inside a Charles Village apartment has been ruled a homicide by asphyxiation, police said.

The lawyer for a Catonsville community association tried unsuccessfully again Thursday to delay a Baltimore County hearing on a proposed medical office building, saying state prosecutors' requests for information on the project have raised questions about the county's development process.