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Mayoral Candidate Thiru Vignarajah unveils strategy to attack housing crisis

Mayoral Candidate Thiru Vignarajah unveils strategy to attack housing crisis
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BALTIMORE — Baltimore has around 13,000 vacant properties throughout the city.

Today, Mayoral Candidate Thiru Vignarajah announced how he would tackle them.

He went through a five-point plan in front of a previously renovated dollar home in South Baltimore.

The plan includes ending tax sales of owner-occupied properties, restarting the dollar homes program with low-interest loans, and raising taxes on abandoned properties.

He also plans to seize and sell dangerous properties as well as support developments to bring seniors back to the city.

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