Children and Foreclosures: Baltimore City: An Examination of Students Affected by Foreclosures, 2003-2008
Report by Matthew Kachura
January 1, 2011
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (Baltimore)
This report describes the findings from the first phase of the NNIP cross-site project on the Effects of Foreclosures on Children. The initial section of the report describes the housing and foreclosure trends in Baltimore City, the second section briefly describes the enrollment trends and demographics of Baltimore City Public School students, and the third section details the methodology and datasets used to identify those students affected by foreclosure. The fourth section discusses the impact of foreclosures on students in Baltimore City and identities the neighborhoods in which they are concentrated; Finally, the report concludes by summarizing the implications of these findings.