A West Baltimore-based development company is hoping to bring new life to its community. Parity Homes owns 40 properties next to West Baltimore's "Highway to Nowhere," an abandoned project from the 1970s that displaced more than 1,000 residents of a predominantly Black community. Now, Parity aims to restore these properties to create affordable homes, while retaining as much of the original structures as possible.
In a recent episode of the “Women at WIRC” podcast on Pro Builder's sister site Custom Builder Online, Parity Homes CEO Bree Jones discusses the project, the company’s mission, its building process, and more.
"Usually it's only the facade that's standing," explains Jones. "The roof has collapsed, the partition walls have collapsed, and then there's about 23,000 vacant lots. And so the reason that it's really important to acquire and assemble property in concentrated areas is the same for any home builder. You're building a community."
PB Topical Ref
