public housing

April 28, 2014

Public Housing Residents Fighting Privatization

April 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue our coverage of Baltimore City's plan to privatize public housing. We hear from public housing residents and activists: Jessica Lewis, housing organizer at the Right to Housing Alliance; Mitch Peterson from the Chase House; Sharon Jones from the Bel Park Tower; and Gary Stroud from Bernard E. Mason Apartments.
April 1, 2014

U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development on the Future of Public Housing

March 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - We continue our discussion on the privatization of public housing in Baltimore, in particular the Rental Assistance Distribution (RAD) program which is a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with Carol B. Payne, Baltimore Field Office Director for HUD.
March 25, 2014

Privatization of Baltimore’s Public Housing: Residents and Union Workers Speak

March 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue our coverage of the privatization of public housing in Baltimore. We begin this discussion with an update on the Rental Assistance Demonstration program and talk to residents and union workers inside of these buildings about how this will impact them.
March 16, 2014

Public Housing And The J. Van Story Branch Building

March 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - In our continuing coverage of the privatization of public housing in Baltimore, we talk to Floyd Vines, resident of the J. Van Story Branch Senior Building in Station North, and Jeff Singer, housing activist and Founder and former Executive Director of Health Care for the Homeless.
March 10, 2014

Housing Commissioner Graziano on the Future of Public Housing in Baltimore

March 10, 2014 - Segment 3 - Baltimore City Housing Commissioner Paul T. Graziano joins me in-studio to discuss privatization of 40% of the public housing units in Baltimore, and the future of public housing in our city.
March 5, 2014

Baltimore City Privatizing Public Housing?

March 4, 2014 - Segment 3 - Last week the Baltimore Brew broke the story that Baltimore City is negotiating to sell most of its public housing high-rises to private developers. We consider this news with Jeff Singer and Melody Simmons.
March 11, 2013

The City On Baltimore’s Homelessness Problem Following Camp 83

March 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - We return to our coverage of Camp 83, a homeless encampment under I-83 that was cleared Friday morning, and the City's response to homelessness in Baltimore. We start with our coverage of Friday morning's Camp83 eviction and hear a response from the City.
March 4, 2013

Baltimore City Councilwoman Clarke’s Resolution To Halt Friday’s “Camp 83” Eviction

March 4, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and Jeff Singer, founder and former executive director of Health Care for the Homeless, who will be discussing Clarke's resolution to halt the eviction of Camp 83, an homeless encampment under I-83.