Vacants to Value

Gov. Larry Hogan and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake introduced a plan in early January to demolish thousands of vacant row homes across the…

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and a large construction vehicle flanked Gov. Larry Hogan in Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood on…

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Vacants to Value Initiative aims to reduce the blight of vacant houses in the city by giving people incentives to buy…

Three years ago, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave Housing Commissioner Paul Graziano a directive. “No more red tape, no more excuses. Get Baltimore’s…

Some advocacy groups are questioning why Baltimore City officials are spending their entire share of the attorney general’s mortgage settlement on…

Baltimore officials joined community leaders Tuesday to demolish six blighted properties in the 1600 block of Lansing Avenue in the Oliver neighborhood of…

Other cities in Maryland and across the country are looking to Baltimore for ideas on how to deal with vacant properties. The one method that has caught…

Vacant houses are all but an official symbol of Baltimore. Block, after block of empty dwellings; many are barely able to stand on their own.Kevin…