Economic Action Maryland, along with Ms. Angela Banks, an African American member of Baltimore’s Poppleton community, have filed an administrative complaint with HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development) against Baltimore City, Mayor Brandon Scott, and the City Council for consistent violations of the Fair Housing Act. The complaint states the City’s redevelopment policies have violated the Fair Housing Act by displacing Black residents of Poppleton from the neighborhood and into more deeply segregated parts of Baltimore City as well as out of the city entirely. This continuous violation has gone on since at least 1975. The city has also enforced eminent domain to move Black families and individuals out of Poppleton thereby not giving them equal rights as homeowners and renters. This new HUD complaint is the first major, systemic Fair Housing Act complaint against Baltimore City in years. The complaint also includes suggested recommendations that would help alleviate the pain and suffering endured by the City’s long-term actions in Poppleton.

Read the full complaint here.

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