A handful of housing authorities in Western Maryland received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Capital Fund to modernize and improve public housing. The Cumberland Times-News reports that U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced funding for the following communities: • Housing Authority of the City of Cumberland, $867,781. • Housing Authority of the City of Frostburg, $174,638. • Housing Authority of Allegany County, $152,795. • Frederick Housing Authority, $824,403. • Hagerstown…

The Baltimore City Housing Commission has committed to demolishing over 2,000 vacant homes by the summer of 2020. The goal is to reduce the number of vacant properties to below 15,000 -- a level that hasn't been seen in over a decade. The City has struggled with vacant properties and has been demolishing them at a pace of 500 per year. Some progress was made with these past efforts, but necessary steps to prepare for…

The Baltimore City Housing Department is launching a campaign to address blight, encourage development, and strengthen neighborhoods in areas outside of the the waterfront. The Baltimore Sun reports: Under the framework, the housing department is creating impact investment areas in which housing officials will work with community members to define a vision for what the neighborhoods could become, draw up a 10-year plan, put together a capital budget and develop a strategy for creating more affordable…