Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the City’s Department of Housing & Community Development named 25 grant awards today under the Community Catalyst Grants Program.  The grants, which total $3.3 million, are expected to help leverage over $52 million in development activity across Baltimore neighborhoods.

DHCD is encouraging Baltimore homeowners to utilize the property tax credit program for homeowners with a combined household income of less than $60,000.  Online applications for the tax credit can be submitted until October 1. The State of Maryland Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit program provides credits against the homeowner’s property tax bill if the property taxes exceed a fixed percentage of the homeowner’s gross income.

The Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) announced that Urban Green – LNW&A Development Team has been granted the development rights for Phase 1 of the Tivoly Triangle Redevelopment Area in Coldstream Homestead Montebello (CHM).  The Team has plans to develop the City’s first net-zero homeownership community; a Tivoly eco-village.  

The Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) has issued its Spring Requests for Proposals (RFPs) offering key sites for future development in the neighborhoods of Upton, Coldspring and Waverly. DHCD’s Development Division will evaluate proposals with consideration for many factors, including development diversity, existing financing and development resources, as well as an interest in accomplishing specific goals and objectives of the respective neighborhoods and their stakeholders.