Archives For: Baltimore
New Tool to Address Vacant Homes Will Create Baltimore City Land Bank
Two Baltimore City councilors introduced a tool to expedite the acquisition and disposition of vacant and abandoned properties within the city.
10 Mar 2023
Baltimore City Council Introduces Legislation to Combat Vacant Properties
Baltimore City Council introduced five bills aimed at combating the city’s problem with vacant properties.
21 Mar 2022
5-Alarm Fire Spreads to 12 Rowhomes in SW Baltimore
WBAL NBC 11 issued a report covering fire activity that has reportedly burned 12 homes in a Southwest Baltimore neighborhood.
23 Apr 2021
Gas Explosion Levels Northwest Baltimore Homes
WJZ CBS 13 issued a report detailing a gas explosion that destroyed three homes in Northwest Baltimore’s Reisterstown Station neighborhood.
10 Aug 2020
Baltimore Ransomware Attack Cripples City’s Mortgage Operations
The Baltimore Sun published an article outlining issues stemming from a May 7 cyber attack that has compromised the City of Baltimore’s government servers.
14 May 2019
Governor Larry Hogan Announces Statewide Violent Crime Initiatives
The office of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a press release announcing a series of initiatives poised to combat criminal gang enterprises and repeat offenders responsible for violent crime throughout the state. Included is a directive to identify and expedite the demolition of vacant properties located in the highest-crime areas of Baltimore.
5 Dec 2017
Baltimore Ordinance Concerning Vacant Structures Signed by Mayor
On January 25, The Baltimore Sun published an article titled City to take earlier, more aggressive approach to abandoned houses.
28 Jan 2015
Blighted Cities Prefer Razing to Rebuilding
On November 12, The New York Times published an article titled Blighted Cities Prefer Razing to Rebuilding.
13 Nov 2013
Redefining “Rust Belt”: An Exchange of Strategies
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond released its Fall 2013 publication titled Redefining “Rust Belt”: An Exchange of Strategies by the Cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia.
28 Oct 2013