Baltimore’s eviction crisis

With nearly 7,000 Baltimore residents evicted each year and more rent court proceedings than almost any other major American city, Baltimore has an eviction crisis. A new report from the Right to Housing Alliance, organized by 2013 Community Fellow Jessica Lewis, finds that Rent Court has become little more than a debt collection service that prioritizes court efficiency and landlord interests over tenant protections and basic housing standards. Read the Baltimore Sun article on the report, or request the full report, called Justice Diverted: How Renters are Processed in the Baltimore City Rent Court, here.