Housing

Point Source Youth is bringing direct cash assistance to young people in Baltimore who are at risk of becoming unhoused.

Buyers who purchase a newly renovated vacant home can now apply for interest rate savings and down payment assistance as part of a push to get the homes occupied faster.

The marble steps from some 75 vacant homes in Baltimore have been used to patch and fill cracks at City Hall.

President Donald Trump abruptly called off a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill ahead of a meeting with Senate Republicans in the Capitol on Wednesday.

The Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill on Monday that aims to reduce federal regulations and expand local control, one of the most sweeping efforts in recent decades to increase supply and bring down prices.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday is likely to allow the continued controversial sales of Maryland real estate that has fallen in foreclosure over back taxes, an issue that has plagued many Baltimore homeowners for years.

NEHI, once a darling of Baltimore’s nonprofit world, is heading toward collapse, threatening the budding network of community land trusts.

Buying a home can be the biggest purchase of a lifetime. Here are some of the more common problems Maryland homeowners face and how to prevent them.

Baltimore neighborhoods face challenges such as vacant homes. But they also include longtime homeowners who are pillars of their close communities. Deborah Harris is that in Cherry Hill.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General accuses Florida-based real estate firm MV Realty of misleading Maryland homeowners into predatory loan agreements with intentionally obscure terms.

The city is experimenting with clear boarding on its vacant homes to reduce fires and additional displacement.

In his first several months in Baltimore, Tim Keane, the new city housing commissioner, has turned heads with his vintage polyester suits and fat kipper ties. He might have stepped out of Studio 54.

Baltimore has reduced its count of vacant homes from 16,000 to fewer than 12,000 during Mayor Brandon Scott’s five years in office, but there are questions about the count and the fundraising needed to continue the effort.

The tenants of Berkshires at Town Center in Towson had sought remedies under the Tenant Safety Act of 2024, including lease termination, rent abatement, and payment of relocation expenses and legal fees.

Baltimore County agreed in 2016 to build 1,000 affordably priced homes. The need has since ballooned.

Questions revolve around the idea that Baltimore County is at a tipping point and is headed in the wrong direction.

An easy-to-get, loosely regulated loan used to buy rental properties has exploded in popularity across the U.S. since the pandemic, with Baltimore and other postindustrial cities at the forefront, a Banner analysis of national mortgage data found.

Shraga Lerner grew up in Pikesville. Records show he played a key role in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme tied to a small group of New York investors.

A February lawsuit alleges New York investors got $1.7 million using fabricated property records.