Story found on DCist.com – by Morgan Baskin The Montgomery County Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday to implement a sweeping rent stabilization law governing how much most property owners can charge the roughly 35% of county residents who rent their homes – making it among the largest jurisdictions in the country to pass such a…

Story by: Emily Sullivan Published 12/4/2022 11:36 a.m. EST, Updated 12/4/2022 12:07 p.m. EST Baltimore’s new sheriff Sam Cogen has instructed deputies to end the department’s longtime policy of posting eviction notices in common spaces of apartment buildings when deputies are unable to access individual units. Cogen announced the new policy on Thursday, his first…

Madeleine O’Neill February 2, 2023The Daily Record A federal jury awarded $186,000 to a Baltimore couple who lost their belongings under a city ordinance that gives landlords the immediate right to take possession of items left behind when an eviction takes place.The couple, Marshall and Tiffany Todman, won a total of $36,000 in damages for lost…

Baltimore sheriff pauses December evictions to implement new policies, train staff  Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen said he is pausing evictions for the remainder of December as his office implements new policies and his staff undergoes training on proper eviction procedures. The December evictions are being rescheduled, not canceled, Cogen said, and some evictions might continue…

Residential landlords in Frederick will have to register and obtain a license from the city and could face sanctions if their properties don’t meet basic health and safety standards, under a new ordinance the city’s aldermen approved Thursday. The aldermen passed the ordinance 3-1, with Alderman Kelly Russell opposed and Alderman Derek Shackelford abstaining. Alderwomen…

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s highest court on Monday issued orders announcing the end of the COVID-19 health emergency period in the Maryland judiciary, effective April 4. “This is the final step in resuming complete Judicial operations, but we recognize that we still have more work to do,” said Chief Judge Joseph Getty. “We would not be…

Maryland Attorney General renews call for increase to eviction filing fee Due to the high number of eviction cases in Maryland’s courts, Brian E. Frosh (attorney general) urged state legislators to raise the landlords’ filing fee by at least $15 (with $80 as the Maximum). And, according to the Department of Legislative Services, Frosh’s proposal…

John P. Morrissey, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, said two important things the week of January 24, 2022: The eviction applications for Failure to pay rent remain well below pre-pandemic levels, and eviction applications such as tenant holding over, breach of lease, and wrongful detainer are higher than…