ICE aims to convert 16 warehouses, including in Maryland, into detention centers, holding tens of thousands of immigrants nationwide.

We're issuing an urgent alert regarding a deceptive scam targeting individuals seeking legal assistance in Maryland.

Government employees who have been involuntarily furloughed due to the federal shutdown can have evictions paused in Maryland, thanks to a state law passed after the last major funding lapse.

The Trump administration is pushing a rule change that would speed up the eviction process by providing tenants less notice.

Several Republican states have recently passed anti-squatting bills that resemble model legislation pushed by the right-wing group ALEC.

Recent news stories may indicate otherwise, but squatting is not an epidemic, writes Antoine Lovell, and it's not a crime: It's a sign of housing inequity that forces people to make desperate choices,...

Rents are falling for the first time in years, but millions of young adults aren’t moving out. Experts say the delay might be costing them.

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During the past month, alleged unauthorized occupants, or squatters, in properties throughout the Baltimore region have repeatedly pointed Spotlight on Maryland to the Instagram account “nayo…

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"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department...

The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.

The Connecticut DMV allows owners to get back into towed cars to retrieve items that are essential to their health and welfare. But people have lost work equipment, car seats, important documents and ...

As a growing number of jurisdictions consider adopting RTC—and as researchers seek to analyze the effects of such programs—it is critical to understand their challenges and the keys to their success. ...

Research featuring Carr Center's Erica Chenoweth.    Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed ...

Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housing

State officials could set a threshold for when mold should be considered hazardous or mandate a time frame for remediation. But without more research, Maryland’s rules likely won’t go far enough.

American landlords derive more profit from renters in low-income neighborhoods, researchers Matthew Desmond and Nathan Wilmers find.

Mass deportations would reduce the construction labor force, which is highly dependent on immigrant workers, exacerbating the US housing crisis—but some states are more at risk than others.

Rockville tenants are pleading with their city leaders to pass a rent stabilization law.

Requiring ‘good cause’ for evictions should stabilize young lives and upgrade school performance.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said residents should brace themselves for a potential statewide recession. That comes as tax increases are also on the table.

Supporters of "good cause" eviction laws may finally get their bill this year -- but it might come at the cost of other renter protections, as local jurisdictions could have to pick between rent-contr...

Millions of renters in federally subsidized housing rely on the 30-day eviction notice rule to avoid homelessness and remain stably housed. But the so-called “Respect State Housing Laws Act” (H.R.802...

ALT: a bald man with glasses says i got foisted in front of a tree .

“I served my country honorably for 30 years, including combat service. Yet, the very laws and freedoms in Maryland that I stood up to defend have failed my family,” Clausen said. “My children and I ha...

by Zafar Shah Sandra is still homeless.1  She had to put her daughter in a friend’s care and live in her car. Nearly a year ago, she reached out to Maryland Legal Aid after her lease in Easton wasn’t ...

But resistance is building.

State and congressional district data showing where US Department of Housing and Urban Development programs provide funding to people and households.