Students. One full year of Baltimore public school.
You paid.They didn't.
More than $679 million left unpaid. More than $2,600 per Baltimore household. You paid. Others left the balance.
$679M+ left unpaid$2,600+ per household57% had old water debt
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See the owner. Check property and water bills. Spot vacancy.
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They did not pay. You carry the bill.
Unpaid property and water bills leave you paying the difference.
Baltimore's unpaid bill255,000 households
Property bills2026 public records
$324,549,566.45Water billsUnpaid from prior bills
$354,523,812.27Total left unpaid
$679,073,378.72Cost per household$2,663.03
2026 property liens + old water debt ÷ 255,000 households. Balances change.
An $86 million deficit. More than $679 million unpaid.
Nearly eight times the projected hole. Every unpaid $1 million could cover:
YouthWorks hours. Real paid jobs for city youth.
A quarter of Baltimore's vacant-house demolition budget.
Nearly a tenth of Baltimore's temporary-shelter contracts.
Kids kept inside. Homes worth less. Blocks left to burn.
Beside four dilapidated homes, residents said they felt unsafe and kept their children inside. Owners leave. Families live with it.
Baltimore's own baseline forecast projects a $56.3 million FY2027 gap and an $86 million FY2028 gap. Service comparisons use Maryland FY2026 school-funding data and Baltimore's FY2025 adopted budget.
One city. One set of rules.
Fairness means one set of rules for everyone. Baltimore should protect homeowners who are truly in crisis, with targeted relief that keeps families housed and water running. But hardship programs cannot become a blanket excuse for investors, LLCs, out-of-state owners, and owners who let vacant property decay.
Our mission is to make unpaid property taxes and water bills visible, push the City to collect them fairly, and preserve tax sale as a real consequence when owners refuse to pay. We want clear rules, public data, and meaningful deadlines, so working families are not forced to cover somebody else's bill. Help people who cannot pay. Make everyone else pay their fair share.
Help the vulnerable. Make everyone else pay.
Protect owner-occupants in real hardship. Investors, LLCs, agencies, and vacant-property owners still owe the bill. Tax sale gives the deadline a consequence.
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