Knowledge bank

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Reports on Baltimore’s vacant 

housing crisis: 

Fight Blight Bmore: 

The Anatomy of Baltimore’s Blight 

 BUILD: 

Whole Blocks, Whole City

 Johns Hopkins University 

21st Century Initiative

The Costs of Baltimore’s Vacant Housing

Joseph Meyerhoff II: 

Bonds for Vacants White Paper 

BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP

RACIAL WEALTH GAP

Housing inequality: Black homeowners won’t catch up at this rate for over 300 years. But they could with a $1.7 trillion affordable housing plan from McKinsey.
News article with link to full report released on Feb 1, 2024. 

2023 State of Housing in Black America, National Association of Real Estate Brokers Annual Report. James H. Carr and Michela Zonta 

Examining Racial Disparities in Maryland’s Housing Market 

An analysis of racial disparities in appraisals, lending, and community investments in Maryland Prepared By: University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Enterprise Community Partners Clower & Associates 

(December 2022) 

Closing The Racial Wealth Divide: A Plan To Boost Black Homeownership, National Community Reinvestment Coalition 2021 (by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Joshua Devine) 

PropserityNow has data that you can use to compare how black households in your area are fairing. You can highlight any of the asset measures in the scorecard disaggregated by    

race and ethnicity by Congressional District or town: Financial Assets & Income, Housing & Homeownership, as well as other areas. 

Here is the link to the tool. 

COVID-19 AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IN  BALTIMORE

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance - Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI), the Community Development Network of Maryland (CDN), the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA),

and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Community Leadership Program explore the impact of COVID-19 on homeownership in Baltimore City, especially in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the disadvantages of lacking internet access and digital literacy skills from being able to attend virtual schooldays, access telemedicine appointments, or work remotely from home, to attending a court hearing virtually. 

CDN lists job opportunities with our member and partner organizations.  Please contact them directly. 

It takes skill and determination to help people become homeowners, or hold on homes threatened by foreclosure.

National organizations have a wealth of information on proven and innovative programs and 

policy reforms.  

Our Maryland-based partners offer effective programs, useful data, advocacy updates, case studies, and training opportunities.

Maintaining and strengthening 

an organization is a 

constant challenge.  

On-line resources can help.