Please consider joining the Mayor's Office of Older Adult Affairs & Advocacy to learn more about the Legacy Homeowners Pilot Program, and to receive in person assistance with the application. This event will take place on Friday April 10th, from 10am to 2pm at the Waxter Senior Center located at 1000 Cathedral St, Baltimore MD 21210. Please see the flier below for more deails and for more information on the event please click here.

April is Fair Housing Month. Fair Housing Month commemorates the Fair Housing Act passed by Congress in 1968. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in renting, buying, or financing housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability. Maryland and Baltimore City have extended that list of protected classes to include gender identity, source of income, and immigration status. For instance, if someone does not rent to you

Last week Mayor Scott announced a new property tax debt forgiveness program that would assist older adults in our city with their property tax debt. To quality for the program a resident would have to be at least 65+, have owned their home for ten years or more, and have property tax debt from past years. In addition, their income would have to be below 80% AMI for some or for all of their tax debt to be forgiven. An application will be made available soon, please check back

Baltimore City has started to circulate an interest form if you are behind on your taxes and need a payment plan. Once our payment plans legislation passes, residents who have completed the interest form can move to the next step to obtain a payment plan. You can learn more about the payment plan system and complete the interest form here.

Please consider joining us today, March 25th at 6:00pm for our Charter Review Community Input Session. It will be held at Coppin State University located at 2500 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21216. For more information please click here.

Please consider attending one of the workshops being held by the Pro Bono Resource Center in partnership with the SOS Fund and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service regarding tax sale. Volunteer lawyers will be on site to provide information to assist residents who are at risk of losing their homes to tax sale. The next clinic will be on March 25th from 9:15am to 2:00pm, and it will take place at the Bon Secours Community Resource Center located at 31 S Payson St, Baltimore MD,

Tonight's public meeting for the Charter Review Committee will be postponed for another date due to the inclement weather. Please check back on our page as we will post the new date and time for the postponed meeting when it is rescheduled. The next public hearing will be held on March 18th at 4pm in the City Council Chambers.

We have learned that there are several residents who have received a letter from the city after rehabbing a house that still may have a vacant building notice on it. Receiving a letter from the city about a vacant building notice could indicate that whoever rehabbed the property completed the work without permits. If you are dealing with this situation please contact our office immediately, as we can walk you through the process of removing the vacant building notice. If you

The Department of Rec and Parks will be hosting hiring events for several positions this summer. The positions they are hiring for include: summer camp leader, aquatics community aid, pool operator, and lifeguards. Please consider attending this week's hiring event happening this Saturday the 21st from 10am to 2pm. The hiring event will be located at 3001 East Drive, Baltimore 21217. Please click here to see future dates, and to apply for these positions click here.