Perkins Homes was a former

public housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

development in Southeast Baltimore, located between

Fells Point Fell's Point is a historic waterfront neighborhood in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. It was established around 1763 along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River. The area has many antique, music, ...

and

Little Italy Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are s ...

and bounded by

Pratt Street Pratt Street is a major street in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It forms a one-way pair of streets with Lombard Street that run west–east through downtown Baltimore. For most of their route, Pratt Street is one-way in an eastbound direc ...

to the north, Eden Street on the west, Dallas Street on the east, and Bank Street to the south. The community was located within the East Harbor Empowerment Zone of the Fells Point area, and was one of the oldest housing projects in southeast Baltimore. The housing project tenants were about 91% African-American, 7% Puerto Rican, and 2% white prior to relocation and demoliton. City Springs Elementary School is located at South Caroline and East Pratt Streets. Lombard Junior High School and First Apostolic Institution Church are nearby. In 2019, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City received $30 million in federal funding to demolish Perkins Homes. Current plans are for a new mixed-use community of replacement public housing and market rate apartments.

Perkins Homes Redevelopment Project

The new Perkins Homes Redevelopment will consist of 788 total units; 377 "deeply affordable units", 155 tax-credit units, and 256 market-rate units. Construction will take place over 5 phases: • Perkins 1 103 units • Perkins 2 156 units • Perkins 3 151 units • Perkins 4 153 units • Perkins 5 225 units No set timeframe has been given for the completion of this project.

In the media

In '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', fictional detective

Al Giardello Alphonse Michael 'Gee' Giardello Sr. is a fictional character from the television drama '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. The character was played by Yaphet Kotto. He is based on Baltimore Police Department Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, a memb ...

was raised in the Perkins Homes, as it was the neighborhood inhabited by his mother's side of the family. Giardello's father's side of the family was from the neighboring

. The Perkins Homes are also mistakenly shown as the now-demolished Flaghouse Homes.

References

External links

Housing ProfileDemographics from Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Public housing in Baltimore {{BaltimoreCityMD-geo-stub