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Baltimore sells $1 houses in effort to combat vacant home crisis
Fox ^ | 3-26-24 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

Posted on 03/27/2024 6:07:46 AM PDT by dynachrome

Baltimore, Maryland, city officials approved a program that would sell city-owned vacant homes for next to nothing at $1 for some applicable residents.

According to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Fixed Pricing Program was created to combat the more than 13,500 homes in Baltimore that are vacant.

City officials said Tuesday that just over 200 homes are currently in the program.

According to the DHCD, the homes would only be sold to individuals who are willing to invest their money in fixing the dilapidated homes.

Applicants must provide proof that they have at least $90,000 to complete a renovation, as well as pass through an application vetting process.

Interested parties can apply beginning April 1.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: baltimore; dollarhouse; whatabargain
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Calling all libtards. Here is your new home.
1 posted on 03/27/2024 6:07:46 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

I’ll need a bridge loan.


2 posted on 03/27/2024 6:09:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: dynachrome

why not just give then to squatters, I mean what’s the significance of a dollar? Another Blue State Toilet.


3 posted on 03/27/2024 6:10:42 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: dynachrome

The renovation district will be known as Hamsterdam.


4 posted on 03/27/2024 6:11:47 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: dynachrome

Nikita Bidenskyyyyyyyyyyyyyy should just sign one of his “executive order specials” declaring Baltimore a “sacred” National Park for the Indians.


5 posted on 03/27/2024 6:12:41 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("A Noble Heart Can Know No Ease Without Freedom.")
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To: dynachrome

> Applicants must provide proof that they have at least $90,000 to complete a renovation <

Long-time vacant houses are vacant for a reason.

Anyway, to do the job correctly you’re gonna need to surround the property with barbed wire. Prospective homeowners will need to price that in.


6 posted on 03/27/2024 6:13:45 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: dynachrome

There’s always a catch:

“Applicants must provide proof that they have at least $90,000 to complete a renovation, as well as pass through an application vetting process.”


7 posted on 03/27/2024 6:14:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: dynachrome
But, but, but..... who wants a house in Baltimore? Even at one dollar. Most sane people are getting OUT of Baltimore.
8 posted on 03/27/2024 6:15:12 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.c)
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To: ClearCase_guy

..too soon.


9 posted on 03/27/2024 6:16:33 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: dynachrome

Interested parties can apply beginning April 1.


10 posted on 03/27/2024 6:17:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dynachrome

Why bother breaking in for your house, when you can buy one for $1?


11 posted on 03/27/2024 6:18:26 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: dynachrome

My Dad who was born in Baltimore always said they should just move everyone to one side of town and then plow the other side down and just start over.


12 posted on 03/27/2024 6:18:46 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: The Louiswu

Nancy Pelosi’s father was Mayor of B-more if that helps understand things…
Mafia WOP.


13 posted on 03/27/2024 6:29:22 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

I watched Detroit go through this stage decades ago, if a person has $90,000 available for renovations they sure as hell wouldn’t rebuild in a ghetto. But the libtards are much dumber today than yesteryear.


14 posted on 03/27/2024 6:30:24 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: dynachrome

For Baltimore it’s still priced .99 cents too high.


15 posted on 03/27/2024 6:33:17 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: dynachrome

If you have the wherewithal to accrue $90k, you’re much too smart to piss it away on a vacant house in Ballimer.


16 posted on 03/27/2024 6:35:07 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: dynachrome

Whites need not apply.


17 posted on 03/27/2024 6:36:20 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: dynachrome
Applicants must provide proof that they have at least $90,000 to complete a renovation, as well as pass through an application vetting process.

If they have that much in cash they can move out of the city and buy a home. That kind of down payment would give them a nice place.

18 posted on 03/27/2024 6:37:03 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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“Interested parties can apply beginning April 1.”

And not just because April 1st is also April Fool’s Day. Only a fool would be interested, but hey, a few hundred will settle a LOT of “newcomer migrants”.


19 posted on 03/27/2024 6:40:19 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: dynachrome

Just squat.


20 posted on 03/27/2024 6:45:39 AM PDT by FES0844
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