greenmount west redevelopment

Baltimore city provides a comprehensive list of PDFs available on their website of all the master plans of areas, redevelopment project goals, and what they call urban renewal plans (lower case u and p). I was reading over the greenmount west urban renewal plan, and thought I'd post the section about relocation, (which is the smallest section in the entire document). I'm glad there is a concrete plan defined for possible displacement.

3. Relocation

a. The Department of Housing and Community Development assures that before individuals or families are displaced from their dwelling units due to the requirements of this Plan, standard housing within the displacees’ financial means shall be provided. Residents living within the Project Area, if displaced through the requirements of this Plan, shall be given a priority by the Department of Housing and Community Development to any housing within the Project Area over which the Department has direct control.

b. The Department of Housing and Community Development assures that before firms or individual businesses are displaced from their present location of operation due to the requirements of this Plan, standard commercial structures within the displacees’ financial means, in or near the Project Area shall be identified. Businesses displaced because of the requirements of this Plan shall be given favorable consideration, but not necessarily priority, by the Department of Housing and Community Development in the review of commercial redevelopment proposals.