Michael Braverman’s Firing Was Tied To Tax Sales Plan with Southwest Partnership

The veil over the surprise firing of Baltimore Housing Commissioner Michael Braverman has finally lifted.

The Brew has confirmed that Braverman was terminated last summer as his department was about to sign an MOU with Southwest Partnership that would give the nonprofit preferential rights to tax-delinquent properties on behalf of private developers.

“These actions have a strong appearance of impropriety and inequity,” wrote Kim Morton, chief of staff for then-Mayor Jack Young, after Braverman was fired and the MOU terminated.

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