Renter Eviction Avoidance Program News Today

Facing a nearly $800,000 budget deficit — driven largely by unpaid rent — the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis has begun to cut staff and reduce the hours of some of its full-time workers, which in turn has hurt the agency’s ability to provide services and continue housing hundreds of public housing residents across more than a half-dozen properties.

Arundel Community Development Services is contracting with Civil Justice Inc., a Maryland legal services organization, to give legal assistance and financial counseling among other resources to residents of the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, County Executive Steuart Pittman announced Tuesday.