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What Baltimore can learn from other cities that have tackled vacant properties
The Baltimore Banner went looking for examples of how other cities have addressed vacant and blighted housing. These are some of their stories.
Jun 14, 2022
Starting in 2012, Chicago’s Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) partnered with a for-profit developer and a community group on reviving about 90 vacant and blighted buildings in a 20-block stretch of the city for rental or homeownership. The group’s first project, on the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and W 62nd Street, was converted from a vacant property into a 13-unit residential building that opened in summer 2016.
Let’s make Baltimore Better
Introducing a new beat that needs your help.
Updated Jun 14, 2022
Baltimore Banner reporter Hallie Miller sits in Patterson Park on one of the iconic Baltimore, "The Greatest City in America" benches. Photo by Joanna Kozlowski DuBose
What Baltimore-area homebuyers can expect this spring
Buyers are routinely offering more than $100,000 over asking price for homes in the Baltimore area, making it very challenging to buy a home.
Apr 15, 2022
Real estate agent Jojo Olaseha
Despite historic investment in rental assistance, Baltimore-area renters still falling through the cracks
A historic amount of federal pandemic aid is a challenge for local governments to distribute.
Apr 1, 2022
Photo by Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner -- Demonstrators organized by Communities United march briefly outside the Charles R. Benton Jr. Building in Baltimore on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 to call attention to disparities in government spending on police versus housing. They used a projector to put their message on the side of the building, where the offices of the city's housing authority are located.
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