Tenants, advocates call for affordable housing fund, jobs deconstructing vacants

The Baltimore Housing Roundtable, a coalition of progressive and community groups behind the so-called 20/20 campaign, wants the city to issue bonds or otherwise fund the initiatives. The group picked Wednesday to deliver the petitions, which it says were signed by more than 20,000 residents, because it is the one-year anniversary of the election of Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, who on the campaign trail and since has expressed her commitment to affordable housing and jobs taking down Baltimore’s vacants.