Perkins Homes was a former

public housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

development in Southeast Baltimore, located between

Fells Point Fell's Point is a historic waterfront neighborhood in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland, established around 1763 along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River. Located 1.5 miles east of Baltimore's d ...

and

Little Italy Little Italy is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an Urban area, urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian cul ...

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 dir ...

to the north, Eden Street on the west, Dallas Street on the east, and Bank Street to the south. Constructed in 1942, 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 demolition. 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 mem ...

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