Housing

Fact Sheet: Mortgage Servicing Settlement Financial Relief for Homeowners:

Information on foreclosure counseling, foreclosure timelines and foreclosure mediation, and tenants in foreclosure. 

Foreclosure Intake Triage Questions –   1)     Is the home you are calling about your residence?

There are basically four stages of foreclosure. We are offering legal assistance at three of them.

This manual provides an overview of the relevant state and federal laws pertaining to lead-based paint poisoning. This document also includes summaries of case law addressing lead poisoning. The Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning’s ...

The Southern MD LAB office has experienced some pretty egregious due process violations in dealing with all three of our county housing authorities.  We sent the attached letter to all of them.  One immediately called and set up a ...

Baltimore Slumlord Watch was created in January of 2009, as a way for city residents to discuss and share information on Baltimore’s many slumlords.  Started by a resident who was tired of watching out of town “investors” and others destroy ...

The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a nonprofit national housing and legal advocacy center established in 1968. Our mission is to advance housing justice for poor people

BNI operates a statewide landlord/tenant counseling hotline. Executive Director: ROBERT j. sTRUPP E-Mail: RSTRUP@BNI-MARYLAND.ORGWeb site: www.bni-maryland.org

If your landlord has not paid the mortgage and the bank forecloses on the property, you may have the right to stay for the rest of your lease. If your lease is month-to-month, the new owner may still be required to give you a valid 90-day notice ...