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Abell Reports are commissioned reports by subject matter experts, academics, and investigative journalists that provide studies of selected issues on the public agenda.
These projects – undertaken with grant funding by academics and nonprofit research and advocacy organizations – advance learning on issues key to Baltimore City.
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A reflection on the promising new approaches and new resources that have been brought to bear in the last decade.
Recent changes to state funding have reignited conversations among Maryland corrections leaders about expanding and strengthening electronic monitoring (EM) and pretrial services. This report summarizes key findings from the Justice Policy Institute’s research into EM as well as best practices.
Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
Research also shows that in Baltimore City and Baltimore County machine operators are underreporting their income by more than $63,000,000 a year.
For changing lives by changing the rules.
At stake: the education due every student; the taxpayers’ dollars to support it; the viability of Baltimore City’s work force.
For opening the door to financial services in communities where it’s usually shut.
The barriers to obtaining car insurance, inspection and licensing in Maryland are too high for Baltimore City’s poor. The once-a-century disaster in New Orleans highlights a day-to-day problem in Baltimore: the poor are not only left behind, they are left out.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
