Citizens Planning and Housing Association

Transportation | Transit Riders League

Citizens Planning and Housing Assoc.
218 W. Saratoga Street, Fifth Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-1369 tel | 410-625-7895 fax

Come to Mayor Dixon's Red Line Summit May 10! 8:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Convention Center. (Register at the event before 8:45 am.) CPHA is a cosponsor of this event where you can learn about innovative transit practices in other metro areas that could apply to Baltimore's Red Line. Click here for more info.
Click here to sign up for email alerts and updates from CPHA.

CPHA 2008 General Assembly Recap: Click here to see how CPHA's legislative agenda fared in the 2008 state legislative session.

Revitalization Success Stories! Follow these links to fact sheets on revitalization in Brooklyn Park, Westminster, and Patterson Park.

New City Eviction Law Cuts Dumping and Eviction: CPHA worked with the Public Justice Center, Mayor Sheila Dixon, the Baltimore City Council, and many others to pass this long-awaited law. Click here for this week's Baltimore Sun article and here for an Enforcement Fact Sheet for Neighborhoods.

Tavis Smiley Show: "The New Face of American Poverty." Listen to story of Terreal Grant, who is pulling herself up from poverty and addiction with the help of a housing voucher from the Thompson v. HUD public housing case. CPHA and the ACLU worked with PolicyLink to help identify Terreal's story for the series. Click here to listen.
Zoning Reform Fact Sheets: Info on City legislation to bring Baltimore into compliance with federal anti-discrimination law regarding drug treatment facilities

CB #07-0002: a bill before the City Council regarding residential drug treatment facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and emergency shelters
CB #05-0220: a 2006 City law now in effect regarding outpatient drug treatment facilities.

CPHA 2007 Annual Report
Video History of CPHA! Click here to view on YouTube.
New City Inclusionary Housing Law: Click here for more information about this new framework for including homes with a range of affordability in new development.
Transit Video: Transit Around the Nation: Exploring Possibilities for Baltimore's Red Line. Click here for more info. Click here to view a portion of the video online.

(updated may-7-2008)