Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott promotes efforts to reduce vacant properties as part of the solution in decreasing homelessness in the city. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters)
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Friday that the city has reduced thousands of vacant properties over the last five years, which he said should ultimately help reduce the number of people who experience homelessness by keeping housing costs down by increasing supply.
“Affordability is number one for us in Baltimore,” Scott said at a Friday panel at the Maryland Association of Counties’ summer conference. “Baltimore, as we all know, has a ton of housing stock, but a large portion of that is unlivable, vacant housing throughout our city.”…