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Article: Ground rent bill expected to pass: Legislation would prohibit new rents; support grows for reforming system.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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Byline: June Arney and Fred Schulte
Jan. 31--An emergency bill to ban new ground rents appeared headed yesterday for easy passage in the General Assembly, with even the ground rent owners agreeing to support the measure. "Times have changed, and they no longer serve a public purpose," Sen. George W. Della Jr., a Baltimore Democrat and sponsor of the bill, said at the first legislative hearing on ground rent reform. "Do away with new residential ground rents and we will have begun to deal with the problem head on." It is not yet clear whether proposals to change broader aspects of the existing ground rent system will sail through as easily as the bill ...