Past Grants

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center

For continued support of the legal services initiative to fight predatory real estate practices in Baltimore City. The center will bring lawsuits against property sellers, mortgage brokers, appraisers, and title companies involved in fraudulent practices. Efforts will include education about deceptive home sales.

BRIDGE, Inc.

Toward funding of inclusionary zoning for the Baltimore Region Campaign. BRIDGE, a faith-based organization uniting congregations across the Baltimore metropolitan area, provides education and advocacy in support of inclusionary zoning legislation in the Baltimore region. The program’s mission is to help abate the affordable housing crisis in the region.

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center

To fund the purchase of 60 vacant houses in Northeast Baltimore. St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center is serving as an Asset Control manager for FHA foreclosures of the houses being renovated and sold to new homeowners in a long-range effort to stabilize the neighborhoods and raise standards of renovation.

Community Law Center

For continued support of the Real Estate Services Project, created to fight the blight of vacant housing. The goals of the project are to ensure that residents remain confident about their neighborhoods; keep Baltimore’s housing stock competitive with suburban housing markets; and stimulate reinvestment in the city.

Sandtown Habitat for Humanity

Toward the renovation of 25 vacant row houses in the Sandtown-Winchester community. The initiative is designed to increase homeownership for low-income families. Because volunteers from Sandtown-Winchester and the larger community are donating labor, the costs of the houses are kept affordable.