Baltimore City takes new steps to address vacant buildings

Baltimore City is taking steps to address the issue of vacant properties in the city with a bill to make sure they aren't abandoned for too long.

The bill, discussed at Tuesday's Housing and Economic Development Committee Meeting, would give people an option to sell these properties back to the city.

The discussion comes just over a week after a five-alarm fire damaged three vacant buildings on West Fayette Street.

"This didn't need to happen because these buildings have been vacant for at least 20 years or more," Baltimore resident Roland Morton said. "Things could have been done years ago. It's up to the government and the city to put money down here."

Bill says the city could be offered a vacant building

The vacant building fire on Sept. 2 on West Fayette Street was far from th