Baltimore City council members lead land bank initiative to address vacant housing crisis
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore may be getting its own land bank to address the vacant housing crisis seen across the city. “Our land bank would be a quasi-governmental entity,” said Councilwoman Odette Ramos (D-14) at a recent Land Bank 101 Community Session she co-hosted with Councilman James Torrence (D-07). “It would