City Council

City of Baltimore

City Hall, Room 408

100 North Holliday Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Meeting Agenda - Final

Housing & Economic Development Committee

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

5:15 PM

Virtual/Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor,

City Hall, Phone: #1-408-418-9388, Access

code: 2331 408 5455, Password: Public, Link:

https://bmore.webex.com/bmore/j.php?

MTID=mf052c50f336a960a41d8652200a3fd35

LO25-0028, LO25-0030, 25-0087, 25-0088

CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

ATTENDANCE

ROLL CALL

ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING

LO25-0028

Acquisition Strategy & In Rem Filings

For the purpose of: calling relevant City Agencies and Representatives, as

well as 3rd party stakeholders to review and discuss the City’s policies

around and implementation of the City’s strategy to acquire vacant property

and conduct In Rem Filings.

Sponsors:

James Torrence

LO25-0030

Financing for Vacant & Abandoned Properties

For the purpose of: calling relevant City Agencies and Representatives, as

well as 3rd party stakeholders to review and discuss the City’s policies

around & implementation of the financing of the Mayor’s $3 billion strategy

to address vacant housing in the City.

Sponsors:

James Torrence

25-0087

Eviction Chattels – Time Period to Reclaim

FOR the purpose of requiring a landlord to retain a tenant’s property for a

specified period of time under certain circumstances; requiring a certain

notice be provided to a tenant upon eviction; and generally relating to

eviction and a tenant’s right to reclaim personal property.

Sponsors:

James Torrence, Sharon Green Middleton, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Zac Blanchard,

Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter

25-0088

Taxes – Property Tax – Vacant Lots and Vacant Structures

FOR the purpose of amending the special real property tax rate for vacant

and abandoned property to include vacant lots; establishing a subclass of

real property of vacant lots and vacant structures; applying a special real

property tax rate to the subclass of real property; requiring the provision of

notice of the special real property tax rate; providing for the promulgation of

rules and regulations; requiring a certain annual report; defining certain

terms; repealing certain sections of Ordinance 24-431 that ordained an

abrogation date for the Ordinance; and generally relating to the special real

property tax rate levied on vacant lots and vacant structures.

Sponsors:

Odette Ramos, Sharon Green Middleton, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Zac Blanchard,

Jermaine Jones

ADJOURNMENT

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC