Baltimore plans to rehab nearly 13,000 vacant homes, but at what cost?
The decay is easy to spot. There are nearly 13,000 vacant homes in neighborhoods across Baltimore and the city has an ...
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Property owners on the hook for city demolition costs after vacant building collapse
Now the pile of bricks, insulation and other debris may cost developers more to clean up than their initial investment in the ...
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‘When we fail, people die’: Some Baltimore leaders say understaffing, overtime needs to change
The combination of staffing shortages and the high number of fires stemming from the city’s vacant properties is dangerous for employees, she said. Baltimore has twice the rate of vacant home ...
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Firefighters follow vacant, ‘Code X’ building protocols to contain West Baltimore blaze
Following the Stricker Street blaze, then Fire Chief Niles Ford assembled a “board of inquiry” with Baltimore and regional fire officers to develop a policy on vacant building fires and ...