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2025

Tensions flare as Middleton denounces Scott’s upzoning bill and supporters push back—November 2025, Baltimore Brew. "Nowhere in Baltimore can a person earning minimum wage afford a market rent efficiency apartment," said Joanna Diamond, Public Policy Director at Health Care for the Homeless.

Councilman, advocates press homeless services director over shelter conditions and housing policies—November 2025, Baltimore Beat. "We’ve increasingly realized that the best way to improve health is to help people find housing and keep it,” Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

Housing officials, advocates warn shift in HUD funding could unhouse thousands in Maryland—November 2025, Maryland Matters. "Funding goes to communities for a range of homelessness assistance,” said Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO for Health Care for the Homeless."

Maryland likely to see stresses to health system as Trump admin cuts housing funds—November 2025, WYPR. "It’s a decades long, bipartisan consensus, research driven conclusion that people do better when we root care in permanent housing and provide intensive services,” Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

Sojourner Place project transforms historic downtown buildings into affordable homes—November 2025, The Baltimore Sun. "We think this is all part of [the] transition of downtown Baltimore’s West Side,” said Dan McCarthy, executive director of Episcopal Housing Corp.

42-unit downtown apartment project to break ground—October 2025, Baltimore Business Journal. "Data shows if we can help people have the stability of a place to call home and root, that their health improves and they get treatment and are more successful,” Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

Landmark Baltimore mural gets new life and renewed meaning at Health Care for the Homeless years after its creation in 2010.—October 2025, Baltimore Fishbowl. "For me, that encapsulates what Health Care for the Homeless is trying to do–trying to bring people home, not just to housing, but to more sustainable communities,” Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

‘The good old days of heroin’: Baltimore’s opioid crisis—October 2025, The Baltimore Sun. "The goal cannot be what we might magically think that goal should be. We have to ask those that we’re serving," Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Could Hamper Efforts to House the Homeless—September 2025, The New York Times. Reporter Jason DeParle and photographer Caroline Gutman cover the success of housing tenancy Medicaid waivers (like Maryland’s Assistance in Community Integration Services (ACIS) program) and the risk to their continuation and expansion. "'This isn’t a battle I can fight alone,' said Ms. Cates, 44, as she worked a pair of crochet needles to calm her nerves. 'If I didn’t have the help, I wouldn’t be here — I would be homeless again.'"

At a fiery hearing, bill to end parking space requirement for developers gets community pushback—September 2025, Baltimore Brew. "Eliminating these arbitrary requirements gives us far more flexibility to build housing in a range of locations." Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless, testified at a Baltimore City Council meeting on zoning bills. 

Gov. Stitt touts clearing homeless camps in Tulsa, providers say efforts cause 'traumatic experiences'—September 2025, KOSU. "We've had people who've lost precious, irreplaceable things – pictures of their children, ashes of loved ones, family Bibles, things that just have real value,” she said. “But because they're homeless, we don't treat them as if they have any value." Barbara DiPietro, senior director of policy at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, describes the reprocussions of encampment sweeps.

Best of Baltimore 2025: Arts & Culture—August 2025, Baltimore Magazine. "For one night only, it was lightning in a bottle, with Baltimore’s biggest band in a decade drawing an estimated 10,000 fans from near and far down the Charles Village hillside for a goosebump-inducing show that turned out to be one of the most diverse crowds—by age, race, gender, even music taste—we’ve ever seen in this city. On top of all that, it helped raise nearly 50 grand for Health Care for the Homeless, and was the talk of the town for weeks."

Maryland continues to pose affordability challenges for low-income renters, report finds—August 2025, Maryland Matters. "Cutting federal housing investments does nothing to support working families and instead puts far more Marylanders at risk of eviction and homelessness." President and CEO Kevin Lindamood comments on the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s “Out of Reach” report.

Housing costs far outpace hourly wages for Maryland’s health care workers—August 2025, Baltimore Fishbowl. "The high cost of housing continues to be one of the biggest issues facing Maryland families, including the very health care workers we all rely on when we’re sick." Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless, describes the repercussions of out-of-reach housing costs.

Maryland delegate continues push for harsh sentences for fentanyl dealers—July 2025, The Baltimore Sun. "'[Drug-induced homicide] laws like this bill aim to deter drug distribution through enhanced criminal penalties for drug distribution that leads to a fatal overdose,' wrote Diamond. 'However, harsher penalties have never been shown to be effective.'"

‘It’s easier out here’: Despite extreme temperatures, unhoused Baltimoreans often seek comfort, familiarity in anything but a shelter—July 2025, Baltimore Beat. "...The system is broken; they don’t feel safe in a shelter as opposed to being out on the street. They just feel safe out there in the elements. And being out there is trauma." Mark Council, co-chair of the Consumer Relations Committee, speaks about the need for permanent housing.

Mass overdose in Baltimore tests progress of prevention efforts—July 2025, The Washington Post. "We were able to revive one man, make sure he was all right, and then literally walk him to a car to get him to rehab. That level of coordination is phenomenal, and we should be able to do that all the time." Director of Outreach Services James Miller, MD, on the mass overdose in Penn North.

Baltimore’s wake-up call: How the mass overdose unfolded—July 2025, The Baltimore Banner. "I hope this is a wake-up call for every part of the city. There is so much more we could be doing, and we have the resources to do it now," Harm Reduction Manager Molly Greenberg, RN, underscores the need for harm reduction services in response to the mass overdose in Penn North.

How Trump-era Medicaid cuts could impact the privately insured—July 2025, The Baltimore Sun. President and CEO Kevin Lindamood describes the barriers to Medicaid elibiligity. "In a lot of cases, you have to have ID to get ID, so just proving your eligibility and maintaining it is complicated."

Baltimore band holds free charity concert, raises thousands of dollars to benefit the homeless—June 2025, WBAL-TV. "We wanted the show to be for everybody, the same way that health care should be for everybody." Dana Murphy of UNBooking and Director of Development Christina Bauer reflect on the impact of the Turnstile benefit concert. 

Health Care for the Homeless builds trust, delivers care to people right where they are—June 2025, WYPR. Director of Outreach Services Dr. Jimmy Miller discusses our new Street Medicine program. "Providing care and services right where [people] are is the best way to start that health relationship."

Baltimore’s Turnstile unleashes joyful chaos in the park — and raises $35k for a cause—May 2025, The Baltimore Banner. Senior Director of Advancement Kevin Feldt celebrates the success of the Turnstile benefit concert. "Just the opportunity to be able to share our work and mission with a crowd of thousands was incredible."

Twice as many Baltimoreans needed an emergency shelter in the last 2 years—May 2025, The Baltimore Banner. "The lack of affordable housing drives contemporary homelessness, and housing with services can end it," says President and CEO Kevin Lindamood.

Maryland homeless services are nervous about the future of federal funding—April 2025, Capital News Service. National Health Care for the Homeless Council Senior Director of Policy Barbara DiPietro reacts to delayed funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Healthy collaboration: How Baltimore's faith-based groups, health systems and more are banding together to improve access to health care—March 2025, Baltimore Business Journal. Housing is health care, explains President and CEO Kevin Lindamood. “Those who are more stably housed have better outcomes and wind up less often in more expensive emergency services, which is within everyone’s interests.”

The Resource Exchange furnishes a need at St. Vincent de Paul Parish—March 2025, Catholic Review. Chief Behavioral Health Officer Lawanda Williams describes the impact of The Resource Exchange. "By providing essential furnishings, the program not only helps individuals and families meet basic needs but also fosters a sense of stability and dignity." 

Life on hold: More elderly experiencing homelessness in Baltimore—March 2025, The Baltimore Sun. “Last year, there was an 18% increase in homelessness nationally over the year before, and the year before that, it was a 12% increase,” notes Kevin Lindamood, President and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless.

Baltimore harm reduction orgs fear funding cuts, ramped-up drug war under Trump—January 2025, Baltimore Beat. “Making America healthy starts with keeping people alive,” said President and CEO Kevin Lindamood. “Harm reduction efforts have been embraced as life-saving and cost-effective responses to the disease of addiction by both Democratic and Republican administrations. We would hope that this administration and any administration would come to see the value in reducing overdose deaths and keeping people alive long enough to engage them in meaningful and lasting treatment.”

Volunteers embark through Baltimore to count city's homeless population—January 2025, WBAL-TV. Health Care for the Homeless Board Member Mark Council and other staff members volunteered to conduct Baltimore's Point-in-Time survey of people experiencing homelessness.

Confusion, anger as Maryland officials, nonprofits grapple with funding freeze—January 2025, The Baltimore Banner. President and CEO Kevin Lindamood reacts to President Trump's executive order pausing federal grant and loans. “Congress or the courts must intervene to stop this reckless action and restore stability to safety net services, housing providers and the vulnerable people they serve.”

2024

Letter: Requirements for homeless housing will not hurt developers—December 2024, The Baltimore Banner. "Modest requirements to incorporate a handful of PSH units will not bring about the 'collapse of the industry.' Such hyperbolic catastrophizing in proximity to the life-threatening realities of homelessness is unhelpful at best and, at worst, disingenuous."

Baltimore's Visionary Project Transforms Hotels into Supportive Housing to Tackle Homelessness—October 2024, hoodline. 

Mayor Scott, MOHS, Dept. of Real Estate Announce PSH Hotel Conversion Applicant Awardee—October 2024. The development team of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH Real Estate Co.), Episcopal Housing, and Beacon Communities Development submitted the winning bid to develop two former hotels on the Fallsway (the Holiday Inn Express and the Sleep Inn). 

Sojourner Place at Park is a turning point for a downtown corner—October 2024, The Baltimore Sun.

Replacing vacant buildings with affordable housing in downtown Baltimore—October 2024, WMAR. 

City approves $26M affordable apartment project for downtown—October 2024, Baltimore Business Journal.

$23M, 42-unit affordable housing project, Sojourner Place at Park, moves ahead on downtown Baltimore's West Side—October 2024, Fishbowl.  

A housing program that kept Marylanders out of hospitals could get state funding—January 2024, The Baltimore Banner. A $5 million budget allocation from the state will keep some of the Maryland’s most vulnerable residents housed through a program called Assistance in Community Integration Services, or ACIS.