Inspectors have issued more fines to vacant property owners in recent years
Citations for failing to abate a vacancy notice rose sharply in 2022, after a state law enabled Baltimore to implement a new legal foreclosure process that allows the city to seek property ownership. The number has continued to climb.
A bar chart showing the number of fines Baltimore has issued property owners for failing to abate a vacancy notice each year between 2016 and 2026. The bars are short from 2016 to 2021, then begin jumping upward in 2022, increasing each full year after.
