NPR Reports on Baltimore’s Vacants to Value

Joe Schilling was recently interviewed by the Baltimore NPR-affiliate on the City’s Vacants to Value program. The program, established November 2010 by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, is focused on selling vacant properties within specific transitioning neighborhoods. Currently, Baltimore has an estimated 16,000 vacant properties, 10,000 of which are in need of demolition. For the remainder of these properties
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Baltimore City Live Near Your Work

The City of Baltimore and participating employers have partnered to encourage homeownership near areas of employment.  Employees of the participating employers are eligible for the benefits of this program, which are as follows: $2,000 minimum grant or conditional grant ($1,000 from the employer, and $1,000 from the City of Blacksburg) for the down payment and
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Baltimore – Community Development Block Grant Program’s First Time Homebuyer Program

Baltimore’s Office of Homeownership established the First Time Homebuyer Program.  The program aims to aid first time homeowners by providing qualified individuals with $5,000 toward down payment and settlement expenses structured as a 5-year loan forgivable 20 percent per year.  Those who are eligible are identified as “first-time homebuyers with a counseling certificate from a
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