BALTIMORE (AP) — A week after three firefighters were killed when a vacant row house partially collapsed, Baltimore’s mayor says he’s directing all city agenices to review all activies linked to vacant houses.
Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday that agencies have 30 days to provide City Administrator Chris Shorter with an accounting of efforts to reduce the number of vacant properties and provide ideas for intensifying these efforts.
After the review, Scott will announce goals to cut the number of vacants homes.
Today, I am tasking every City department and agency to make addressing vacant properties one of our top priorities. We are going to bring every tool and resource we have available to the table to holistically tackle this issue. Read more at https://t.co/QNbzLnwLZO. pic.twitter.com/XmyDVFiNTP
— Brandon M. Scott (@MayorBMScott) January 31, 2022
