The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) is the agency that controls the bricked up buildings you see all over Baltimore. The HABC says it has a 99.7% occupancy rate in this press release! If you have ever walked around the city and seen the numerous HABC controlled properties then this statistic probably seems very odd. In this video I show an HABC bricked up house and talk about some of the issues people have with the HABC.
I wonder if the press release is talking about the livable units the HABC controls? It is possible that 99.7% of the livable HABC units are occupied. I wonder how many HABC controlled units are livable though? Quite a few HABC properties have clearly been uninhabitable and empty since at least the 1990′s.
Adam is the most recognizable face of the recent resurgence in Reservoir Hill. He has appeared on many national and local radio shows, in several news publications, and at numerous events discussing his innovative urban redevelopment ideas and his unique lifestyle. Adam is a successful entrepreneur, community activist, and a local political guru who ran for city council in 2007. He is the founder and director of the TechBalt.com Buy a Block Project and BaltimoreHourly.com. His fearless local political commentary has rocked the local blog scene for most of this decade and he plans to take it to the next level in the next decade here on Charm City Current.