An online petition asks Baltimore’s Department of Housing and Community Development to reject proposals and accept new ideas for the former school at 201 N. Bend Road.
Some 41,000 properties have gone through the tax sale since 2016, leading to high bills for homeowners, hefty profits for lien holders and prolonged housing vacancies.
Some 41,000 properties have gone through the city’s tax sale since 2016, a Baltimore Banner investigation found, threatening home ownership and prolonging vacancies in majority-Black neighborhoods.
Lead attorney A. Scott Bolden says the prospect of being held in contempt means he “must, understandably, focus on his own interests, not the interests of his client.”
The Baltimore City Fire Department is proposing three different options to recoup its dwindling vehicle fleet of fire trucks but the scenarios as suggested to city leaders, may force the city council to make some hard decisions next budget cycle.
Che Figueroa, founder and co-owner of Flatspot Records, talks about the origins of the Disturbin’ The Peace festival ahead of the sold-out show Saturday at Baltimore Soundstage.