Baltimore Housing

Housing security unit disbanded, employees laid off

2013-05-17 06:34:00

Baltimore's housing office has disbanded its security unit, laying off seven sworn police officers, the agency said Thursday. The duties of the Lease Enforcement Unit — which investigates criminal activity in public housing to determine if a...

City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer

2013-05-01 14:11:10

Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...

Affordable housing at risk

2013-04-24 12:48:00

America is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis — Baltimore, too. Ten million families are paying more than 50 percent of their monthly income on rent, a severe cost burden that leaves little for food and other necessities. Over 32,000...

Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now

2013-03-30 12:36:31

A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...

Restaurant owner charged with running illegal club after shooting

2013-01-22 18:15:52

The owner of a West Baltimore restaurant has been charged with operating an illegal after-hours club, police said, after a triple shooting this month in which a man was killed outside the establishment. Timothy Fraser, 58, owner of Ras-a-ter...

Exelon merger-fund millions go to projects to lower energy costs

2012-11-08 15:29:51

The $113.5 million that Exelon Corp. agreed to make available for innovative projects — a condition of regulatory approval for its purchase of Constellation Energy in Baltimore — was awarded Thursday to groups planning to help low-income...

Woman gets 3-year prison term for housing authority fraud

2012-11-01 14:26:00

A 41-year-old Washington woman was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for her role in conspiring to steal $1.4 million from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland announced. In imposing his...

Congressional candidate profiles

2012-11-01 13:48:00

MEET THE CANDIDATES � When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...

Affordable-housing requirement waived for Superblock

2012-09-20 16:56:03

Baltimore's Department of Housing and Community Development has waived the affordable-housing requirement for the Lexington Square "Superblock" project, a development discussed Thursday at a meeting of the City Council's Taxation, Finance and Economic...

Homicides mount in Baltimore's Southwestern District

2012-08-24 15:22:37

Terrance Gough bought a king-size mattress, unpacked his clothes and arranged the bedroom in his uncle's Southwest Baltimore home just the way he liked it. The 26-year-old never got a chance to sleep in the bed, however: he was gunned down the next...

Settlement in decades-old fair housing case

2012-08-25 19:23:14

Hundreds of families living in some of Baltimore's most impoverished neighborhoods will get to move to better conditions under a proposed settlement that could finally resolve a fair housing case dating back to 1995. Attorneys representing current and...

Baltimore housing authority pays $3.7 million for lead paint poisoning

2012-08-06 17:20:59

Baltimore's public housing agency announced Monday it has paid $3.7 million to a former public housing resident who suffered lead-paint poisoning as a young child in the 1980s. The insurance payment to plaintiff Markeath Justice, now 29, marks the...

Carolyn Holley, at right, receives two free bags of ice from Baltimore Housing Authority employees after the June 29 derecho storm struck the region. Many were without power for as long as a week after the storm.

2012-09-24 07:22:00