STEP (Strategic Targeted Eviction Prevention) Results
Note: Program operated from April, 2021 through April 2024.
Established at the height of the pandemic, the STEP program distributed nearly $100 million in rental assistance to more than 14,000 households across Greater Baltimore.
Working directly with landlords to streamline the application and payment process, STEP provided rent and utility assistance for at-risk households in vulnerable communities, leveraging data to identify “hot spots” with high rates of eviction, structural/racialized poverty, and those affected by COVID.
How Candace got help through STEP.
Legal Assistance with Evictions
The ACE (Access to Counsel for Eviction) program connects eligible tenants at risk of eviction with free legal assistance. Learn more here. Link to Legal Assistance with Evictions page.
If you’re facing eviction or the loss of your housing subsidy, call 211 to inquire about the ACE program or learn more and complete an application here.
Note: If you received a notice of a scheduled court hearing and you want to defend your case, you must attend the hearing. If you do not go to court, the judge may rule in favor of your landlord.
