Recent News

Today, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) announced a deal to acquire two hotel properties with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) as part of the City’s response to the nationwide housing crisis and the subsequent rise in homelessness.

On Monday, January 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding awards. Baltimore City's CoC was awarded over $29 million that will fund 43 projects across 19 homeless services organizations.

With winter weather impacting the region today and temperatures predicted to fall into the teens with wind chill by tomorrow night, Acting Health Commissioner, Mary Beth Haller, issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Baltimore City the evening of Tuesday, January 16th through...

Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) launched two new programs – the House Baltimore Property Owner Engagement Initiative and the Flex Fund for Diversion and Rapid Resolution.

Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that Ernestina Simmons will be appointed as the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services. She will take over the role on October 16, 2023.

Following a briefing at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) earlier today, Mayor Scott designated the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center located at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave as an emergency shelter. The Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services is engaging in outreach and assisting residents in need...

Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, along with Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy, Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services Director Irene Agustin, and Chief Recovery Officer Shamiah Kerney, announced the latest affirmative step Baltimore City is taking to combine affordable housing, health care, and...

Today, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS), in coordination with the Baltimore Continuum of Care (CoC), released the 2023 Baltimore City Point-In-Time (PIT) Count Report.

Housing Navigators from the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) are now available at Pratt Libraries across the City. MOHS has partnered with Pratt to make housing navigation more accessible to people experiencing homelessness and facilitate in-person meetings...

House America is a national partnership in which HUD and USICH invite mayors, county leaders, Tribal nation leaders, and governors to use the historic investments provided through the American Rescue Plan to address the crisis of homelessness through a Housing First approach...