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A vacant home in Reservoir Hill
The shell of a home stands at 914 Whitelock St in Baltimore. It was scheduled for auction on April 5 but no bidders attended.
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Several vacant properties in Little Africa (Upton)
Two of the ten vacant homes on the 700 block of Dolphin Street have been awarded. They are two of the four properties sold by Vacants to Value since the programs start in November 2010.
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SELLING VACANT BALTIMORE PROPERTIES TO REVERSE DECAY OF DYING NEIGHBORHOODS
Baltimore, like most cities, experienced population decline that left properties vastly abandoned. Vacancy lends itself to disrepair and public safety hazards and issues of crime and vagrancy. Reversing the dilapidation and blight of Baltimore is important to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. MORE
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BALTIMORE’S VACANTS TO VALUE SOLD TWELVE HOMES AND AWARDED SEVEN MORE
The Vacants to Value program is successfully selling homes through its Website. With community partners like One House at a Time and Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors, the current Baltimore City government is making a dent in the numbers of vacant homes. MORE
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DESPITE SMALL SUCCESSES IN RECENT MONTHS, BALTIMORE STRUGGLES AGAINST DECADES OF VACANCY
Little Africa, Baltimore is a community that has struggled with vacant homes. More important than physically vacant properties are the effects of blight on communities and Baltimore residents that have remained through population decline and mass abandonment. MORE
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Baltimore has a significant number of vacant homes. A large portion of them will not be rehabilitated because they are in areas that are not marketable for housing. These infographics give a visual representation of the vacancy issue in Baltimore City.
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Urban blight is a term found in numerous text books and documents about housing and other urban issues. John Bullock, a professor of poltical science and an ex-city planner discusses the term urban blight and how it affects residents living in “blighted” neighborhoods.
As of March 4, this is the map displaying the Vacants to Value properties. This includes the few that have been awarded, pending and sold. This map gives a good idea of the concentration of vacant properties that Baltimore Housing has deemed salvageable.
The house at 914 Whitelock Street was one scheduled for auction on April 5. No bids were offered for this shell that sits between another vacant and a row of newly renovated townhomes. This gallery of photographs illustrate a transitional neighborhood with scattered vacants.
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A lot of the vacants are in a state of serious disrepair. They are missing roofs, floors, walls, doors and more. The structure is compromised and the ammeneties are non-existent. This short video clip gives you an idea of the state of some of the vacant homes for sale through Vacants to Value.
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