St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
$100,000 / 2004 / Community Development
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.
Public Justice Center
$75,000 / 2004 / Community Development
In support of the Tenant Advocacy Project to help reduce evictions and eliminate the practice of allowing tenant belongings to be placed on the curb. The center will focus on building support for eviction reform by completing legal research, drafting legislative proposals, and providing testimony in hearings before judges and legislators.
People’s Homesteading Group
$100,000 / 2004 / Community Development
For support of the redevelopment of eight vacant houses on East 22nd Street as part of Anchors of Hope, a homeownership program serving low-income families in the Barclay-Greenmount community. The purpose of this project is to reclaim deteriorated houses and renovate them for homeownership. Targeted buyers will have incomes between 50 and 80 percent of the area’s median income.
Patterson Park Community Development Corporation
$100,000 / 2004 / Community Development
Toward staffing costs of a position to provide oversight of all planned development and construction projects. Through purchase and rehabilitation of housing stock for resale to homeowners or for rent to responsible tenants, the CDC is helping to repopulate the area and invigorate real estate prices.
Patterson Park Community Development Corporation (CDC)
$20,000 / 2004 / Community Development
To fund the cleaning of streets and alleys in a 22-block area of the Patterson Park community. This effort is designed to help eliminate unsightly trash and create a visually appealing, comfortable and secure environment.