housing and urban planning

Tom Carbo was named the Howard County's housing director in February after former housing director Stacy Spann left to take a job in Montgomery County. He's now faced with the difficult task of making housing affordable for a range of income levels in one of the country's wealthiest counties.

Four of the 14 Howard County school board candidates have never sought public office of any kind.

Landlords seek help with lawsuits, advocates want more homes regulated

Revival of famed nightclub Odell's planned

Perryville may increase its tourism advertising using kiosks at casino

State's plan for health enterprise zones can work by tapping private resources and paring back regulations

Hampden residents are in an uproar over a remodeler's plan to build an addition behind a building that front Roland Avenue but backs up to Pleasant Place, a glorified alley that is home to half a dozen row houses and could be overwhelmed by additional traffic. City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and a Community Law Center staff attorney who lives on Pleasant Place are leading the charge against the project.

How many people spend more than half their income on housing costs? More than you might think.

Bolton Hill community leaders pleaded with Baltimore zoning officials Tuesday to prevent a fraternal lodge from holding late-night parties, saying that the raucous gatherings are destroying the character of the neighborhood.

A Joppa man was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison for stealing funds from the Housing Authority of Baltimore and other housing agencies across the country through a computer software program that his company developed and maintained for the agencies' use, prosecutors said.

As Annapolis mayor in the 1980s, Dennis M. Callahan was so peeved that a volunteer coach with the city's recreation program had been charged with a drug offense, he canceled the entire athletic season, a decision met with fury by some.

County Executive Ken Ulman announced Thursday, Feb. 9 that he has selected Tom Carbo to replace Stacy Spann as the county's housing director. Spann, one of Ulman's first administrative hires, resigned in December to take a position in Montgomery County.

A man from the District of Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit bank fraud as part of a plan to gain about $1.4 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority, prosecutors said.

Dennis M. Callahan, Anne Arundel County's chief administrative officer, died Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack at his Severna Park home. He was 70.

Alderman Kenneth Kirby is without a permanent place to live. He stays with a network of friends and family who open their homes to him — a niece in public housing, a friend in Annapolis' moneyed downtown.

More than 50 developers, architects, residents and city officials come to prebid conference for project to redevelop a block of vacant houses in Remington..

Baltimore's housing bureau does not have to pay a $2.6 million jury award to two siblings who say they were poisoned by lead paint when they lived in public residences as toddlers, a Maryland intermediate appellate court ruled Thursday.

Lawyer says agency is "simply attempting to stall" the sale, which would help satisfy $2.6 million court judgment

Baltimore's Housing Authority filed a motion Friday to prevent the sale of the agency's property in order to satisfy a $2.6 million judgment in a lead paint exposure case, according to the agency.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is proposing a $15 million increase in the state's program to help build affordable housing, contending the bump will leverage $285 million in private investment and create 1,100 jobs in Maryland

Public housing agency was reimbursed after 2010 loss, says controls worked

Annapolis housing officials are investigating whether an alderman found by police in a city-owned complex during a drug raid last week is living there in violation of a lease agreement.

Four people were indicted for allegedly defrauding the Baltimore Housing Authority out of $1.4 million by transferring funds out of the agency's account through a shell company, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.

Baltimore's Housing Authority has repeatedly refused to pay court-ordered damages to now grown-up children poisoned by lead in the public housing units they grew up in. The victims' lawyers now are trying to seize the authority's assets.

One veteran government watcher calls move 'highly unusual'

Sheriff "tags" vehicles Wednesday, setting stage for a possible auction

Event will still happen, but without $5,000 from Arundel, because organization lacks nonprofit status

Man's death from 1992 shooting recalls Odell's turbulent past

The five members of the Howard County Council, about to start their sixth legislative year together, selected new leadership this week, passing the top spot back to Columbia Democrat Mary Kay Sigaty for a second time.

Baltimore officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to shelter a growing homeless population on the coldest nights. They have yet to finalize arrangements for those who will not be able to fit in a new $8 million shelter, which has 100 fewer beds than the temporary facility it replaced.

Rape of 13-year-old in empty rowhouse puts spotlight on old problem

Howard County's housing director Stacy Spann is leaving his post to become the executive director of Montgomery County's Housing Opportunities Commission, starting in January. One of County Executive Ulman's first hires, Spann has served in the position for five years.

The organizers of Beans and Bread say that a planned 14,000 square foot expansion will help them better serve the needy. But community leaders say the expansion threatens the quality of life in their neighborhood – and their property values.

You probably don't live in a neighborhood like Miami's Liberty Square, but what if you did?

$10.4 million spent defending city officers in past three years

Already Registered Alarms Receive Warning Letters in Baltimore City

The area along Annapolis' historic Clay Street is changing again, with a massive, $24 million revitalization of the city's two oldest public housing complexes, Obery Court and College Creek Terrace.

Depending on which side was talking, a bill defeated by the Harford County Council Tuesday evening was either an environmental necessity or the first step down the road to building more gasoline service stations in rural areas of Harford County.

Loni Ingraham's recent story, "Latest auction of vacant Armacost nursing home...," (Oct. 20, Towson Times) underscores the growing crisis in Towson and other areas regarding real estate.

George Belt, the Stanton Center's go-to guy and recreation leader knows all the young patrons by name. He knows their siblings and cousins and in some cases, their parents..

Lead paint: Spending millions to avoid Baltimore's obligations is irresponsible and morally wrong