Baltimore officials said a recent analysis of where the city spends public construction dollars shows that more money is going to low-income, predominantly black neighborhoods.
The city and the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore reviewed appropriations from the city’s $1 billion Capital Improvement Plan between fiscal years 2014 and 2020.
The evaluation found per-capita dollars spent in disadvantaged communities increasing, but city employees could not attribute the uptick to a particular reason.
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