Housing

    Baltimore County needs 19,000 new affordable homes. It has struggled to build 1,000.
    Baltimore County agreed in 2016 to build 1,000 affordably priced homes. The need has since ballooned.
    Addyson Woodham, 5, rides her bike as her father, Torrieual Woodham, grills outside their Dundalk home. The Woodham family lives in a two-story rental they say has water damage, bug infestations and collapsed ceilings.
    5 takeaways from the Baltimore County executive debate stages
    Questions revolve around the idea that Baltimore County is at a tipping point and is headed in the wrong direction.
    APRIL 29, 2026 - Baltimore County Executive candidates take to the stage at Goucher College. From left: Rob Daniels, Julian Jones, Izzy Patoka, Mansoor Shams, Kimberley Stansbury, Nick Stewart, and Pat Young.
    The loans behind Baltimore’s foreclosure crisis are surging in cities across the nation
    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.
    Baltimore and cities like it have seen a surge in a loosely regulated loan used to buy rental properties.
    How do you build a huge portfolio of Baltimore rentals? It helps to know a guy.
    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.
    Records show Shraga Lerner played a key role in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme tied to a small group of New York investors.
    Fake deeds, real money: New York investors accused of another Baltimore scam
    A February lawsuit alleges New York investors got $1.7 million using fabricated property records.
    A February lawsuit alleges New York investors got $1.7 million using fabricated property records for 11 rowhouses in Baltimore.
    City moving to payment plans to help homeowners avoid tax sales
    For the first time, city taxpayers may be able to pay their debts in monthly installments.
    The Baltimore City Council advanced a bill on Tuesday that would create a monthly payment-plan system to help residents avoid losing their properties in the annual tax sale.
    Ocean City’s Airbnb war pits neighbors against neighbors
    Proposed restrictions on short-term rentals in Ocean City's quietest neighborhoods snowballed into one of the biggest controversies in a generation for the vacation town.
    The residential neighborhood of Mallard Island has become a flash point for the local short term rental debate in Ocean City.
    How Baltimore students are being trained to join the city’s vacant housing fight
    Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.
    Requity, a work-based training program, holds a ribbon-cutting of the first home largely rehabbed by high school students.
    Maryland pushes granny flats as housing pressures mount
    Maryland leaders are embracing accessory dwelling units as the cost of living rises and young people flee the state.
    An accessory dwelling unit, right, built by Makara Builders in Arlington, Virginia.
    The FBI is investigating the New York investors behind Baltimore’s foreclosure wave
    Federal investigators are digging into a group of New York investors who borrowed more than $100 million in private credit and rapidly built a real estate portfolio of about 700 homes in Baltimore.
    The New York investors started snapping up hundreds of homes across East and West Baltimore in 2022, buying or refinancing them at values often double or triple their prior sales price.
    Aging motels could soon be a thing of the past along Howard County’s Route 1 corridor
    Howard County officials are supportive of removing aging motels along Route 1 to efforts to revitalize the area.
    TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026 - Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced his support on Tuesday for legislation that will redevelop and revitalize the county’s Route 1 Corridor.
    New retirement community coming to former convent in Towson
    Villa Assumpta in Towson served as a convent for the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Roland Park Place, the owner and operator of a senior living community in Baltimore City, will renovate the facilities in a move to expand.
    Villa Assumpta, the historic Catholic convent at Charles Street and Bellona Avenue in Towson, will be renovated in the coming years.
    Anne Arundel marks milestone in transformation of 13-acre Glen Burnie lot
    Anne Arundel County has agreed to sell a 13-acre property in Glen Burnie to a group of developers it is tasking with carrying out a long-anticipated transformation of the site.
    Initial designs of the proposed redevelopment project between Anne Arundel County and AAEDC for 7409 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard.
    From $3.7M to $9.9M: Federal probe focuses on 42 Baltimore homes sold again and again
    Federal prosecutors have charged an attorney in connection to a 2021 real estate investment scheme that centers on 42 rowhomes in East Baltimore owned by a group of New York investors.
    The scheme under investigation by federal prosecutors includes this vacant property at 521 N. East Ave.
    Howard County’s proposed solution to its housing crisis? Borrow.
    Howard County is considering a charter amendment that would give officials the authority to take on debt to fund affordable housing projects as the county faces a major shortage.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball fields questions from attendees during a U.S. Congressional town hall meeting at Howard Community College’s Kahlert Complex in Columbia, Md. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
    Marylanders are missing payments on student loans, credit cards and other debt
    The average Maryland resident’s debts are far higher than the national average — likely stemming from higher home prices, more expensive tuition, tariffs pushing up car prices, and greater reliance on credit cards.
    Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank sells Baltimore County mansion for about $4.4 million
    Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank sold his Lutherville mansion for about $4.4 million in February, according to property records.
    Founder and Executive Chairman of Under Armour Kevin Plank speaks during a press conference about Slutty Vegan coming to Baltimore Peninsula on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
    It’s tax sale season. Here’s how you can avoid it.
    Tax sale nightmares are avoidable. Here are some tips for new and established homeowners to ensure your property stays off the auction list.
    An auction sign hangs on the porch of a Baltimore rowhouse.
    No alarms, no sprinklers as fire swept through luxury Towson high-rise, tenants say
    A lawsuit alleges the Berkshires at Town Center Apartments knew about fire safety problems at the building long before a January blaze and failed repeatedly to correct them.
    Tenant Alex Khosla said he’s developed post-traumatic stress disorder since the fire and has now moved in with family near Pittsburgh, Penn.
    Police shooting of autistic man raises concerns at Howard’s celebrated housing complex
    Patuxent Commons residents are feeling uneasy after police shot and killed 25-year-old resident Alexander LaMorie, an autistic man, who authorities say refused commands to drop a knife.
    Patuxent Commons, a subsidized housing development for adults with disabilities, opened recently to great fanfare. A police-involved shooting Sunday rattled residents and has their families worried.
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