
Feb 23, 20220
Baltimore to use ARPA funds for hotel purchases and other programs to help the homeless
Pressed by advocates, Scott announces $90.4 million in federal Covid relief funds will go towards programs to prevent and mitigate homelessness.
Millions are raised through government grants and star-studded galas, yet Baltimore's homeless services have been mired in bureaucracy and increasingly-harsh policy prescriptions, including encampment razing. Meanwhile, curled up in doorways and on friends' couches, thousands in the city still lack a place to call home.