Baltimore mayor discusses strategy to tackle vacant homes
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 4
Baltimore mayor discusses strategy to tackle vacant homes
12 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 4
Scott said Baltimore's vacant homes have fallen from 16,000 since 2020 to just over 11,800, outlining block-by-block redevelopment efforts at Bloomberg's CityLab conference in Madrid.
He described how the city tracks owners, seeks sales of long-empty properties and pairs redevelopment opportunities with publicly minded developers to turn unused housing into supply.
Scott linked the housing crisis to deindustrialization, redlining and gun violence, saying those historical forces still shape neighbourhood decline and redevelopment challenges across Baltimore.
With Baltimore's homicide rate at a 50-year low, is tackling thousands of vacant houses the new key to urban safety?
As Baltimore invests billions to fix vacant homes, can it overcome the bureaucratic delays that still stall progress for builders?
Will Baltimore's revitalization uplift historic Black neighborhoods or displace the very residents it aims to help?