- January 19, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
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[Editor’s Note: The Baltimore City Council is meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18 to discuss the Baltimore City Urban Homesteading Program for legacy residents. You can stream it live, here.]
In November, City Council President Nick Mosby introduced legislation to revive Baltimore’s ballyhooed dollar-house program—the fondly remembered urban renewal scheme launched roughly 50 years ago—at least in name.
At the time, his team hailed the bill—which is part of a larger legislative package dubbed “House Baltimore”—as having the potential to close the “city’s racial wealth gap” and shrink the “gulf between rates of white and Black homeownership.”
“For so many working-class Baltimoreans, the American Dream has been a myth at best, and in reality for many, it has been a nightmare,” Mosby, who did not respond to interview requests, said in a statement from his office touting the legislation.
But what Mosby proposes is an…
