Fight Blight Bmore
HousingGrant: $25,000
Website: https://www.fightblightbmore.com/
Fight Blight Bmore (FBB) seeks to remediate blight in historically Black communities across Baltimore. The presence of vacant, abandoned, dilapidated, underutilized and misutilized properties contributes to disinvestment and population loss, thus significantly decreasing the taxable properties in these neighborhoods and negatively affecting community life. Our grant would help fund the continuing operation of the Stop the Oppressive Seizures (SOS) Fund which provides direct services to individuals and families vulnerable to displacement due to tax sale, ground rent, tangled titles, water bills and/or deferred maintenance issues. Since its inception, FBB has provided more than 100 homeowners with resources to stabilize their housing and over 80 homeowners to pay taxes, fees and ground rent thereby avoiding sales. The FBB partners with various volunteer legal organizations who provide advice and counsel to their clients. Our funds will help defray the costs of two Americorps members who are client coordinators, a valuable and necessary resource.