Between 2010 and 2017, as other parts of the country were recovering from the foreclosures of the Great Recession, homeownership in Baltimore was declining, especially among Black residents.

While the citywide rate fell from 51% to 47%, Black homeownership sank from 45% to 42%, according to a report by the Abell Foundation about a trend it calls troubling.

The report dismisses the typical prescriptions for promoting home ownership, concluding that deeper issues present the greatest barriers.

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