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Baltimore outlines $3 billion whole‑block plan to eliminate vacants and spur neighborhood reinvestment
Summary
Baltimore City DHCD presented a 15‑year whole‑block strategy to eliminate vacant buildings in 42 priority neighborhoods using a $3 billion capital stack and partnerships with state DHCD; officials said coordinated acquisition, demolition, stabilization and small‑developer financing will target legacy residents and leverage private investment.
Kimberly Rubins, chief of policy and research for the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development, briefed the House Environment and Transportation Committee on Baltimore’s “whole‑block” approach to vacant property remediation and neighborhood reinvestment.
Rubins said Baltimore currently has 12,317 legally registered vacant buildings as of Nov. 12 and that only about 7.3 percent of vacant building stock is city‑owned, limiting direct municipal control. To address the challenge, Baltimore and its state partners have identified 42 vacant reduction priority geographies—neighborhood clusters where whole‑block stabilization can restart housing markets and protect legacy residents.
What whole‑block means
Rubins described the approach…
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