The 2007 “abandonment ordinance” allowed landlords to lock out evicted renters and keep their clothes, furniture and other items
A Baltimore ordinance pitched as a way to keep city neighborhoods cleaner will wind up costing Baltimore taxpayers $11 million after federal courts ruled it violated the constitutional rights of evicted renters.
The Brandon Scott administration has agreed to end a class-action lawsuit by paying $11 million into a fund for tenants whose personal possessions were taken or damaged a result of the city’s “abandonment law.”…