There are so many Baltimore rat articles and videos I could collect them for days maybe, but calling it a night. Shame on you Elijah E. Cummings and the rest of the rats running that city. I ran across one funding program possibly need to dig on called Vacants to Value program.
Dundalk community takes rat issue to Baltimore County leaders, WMAR-2 News,
Published on Mar 8, 2016, Homeowners say rats are terrorizing their southwest Baltimore County neighborhood. https://youtu.be/_67SkDE10SE
Revitalization helping to address Baltimore's rat problem, WMAR-2 News, Published on Dec 22, 2014
Back in 2011 Baltimore City was in the throes of the foreclosure crisis, During that time, whole blocks and neighborhoods were decaying with every home that went under. https://youtu.be/haIxJF7BYEo Here is the Vacants to Value program mentioned in the news clip: http://www.vacantstovalue.org/ Baltimore City Department of Housing and Development
Baltimore: Rat City Pat Gavin, Published on May 20, 2012, We explore a seedy trash filled alley in Baltimore home to hundreds of rats.https://youtu.be/9VO7Skl5H5E
Baltimore City Rat Problem, WMAR-2 News, Published on Nov 20, 2013, https://youtu.be/voiqyfaqulQ
Baltimore City Health Department, Food Establishment Closures, from 1/2019 to 7/2019, I count 30 restaurants with rodent, rat, or mouse infestation or heavy activity
https://health.baltimorecity.gov/environmental-health/recent-food-establishment-closures
Abandoned Baltimore at Night : Narrated Tour of Decrepit Properties, Dan Bell / Film It
Published on May 2, 2019 This guy has a whole bunch of Baltimore abandoned home videos, he starts going into how an abandoned block of homes sort of represents Baltimore and what's happening to it, around 20:00, https://youtu.be/x9GNpgrT3y4
Oh, rats. There’s one aspect of Baltimore she can’t get used to. Wapo is fakenews but included it for the personal account/rat story
By Karen Houppert June 19, 2013 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/oh-rats-theres-one-aspect-of-baltimore-she-cant-get-used-to/2013/06/19/96cd18ca-c96f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dd0eeb26bd81
These are the top 50 rat-infested cities in America, Michael Timmermann|October 19th, 2017 https://clark.com/health-health-care/worst-cities-in-america-for-rats/
WILD ANIMALS, Top 10 Worst Rat Cities in the World, Baltimore #8 in the WORLD http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/3-baltimore-md/
Major Improvements to Rat Eradication Efforts, Wednesday Nov 19th, 2014
Mayor Rawlings-Blake Announces Major Improvements to Rat Eradication Efforts
Strategic changes embrace "Treat, Repeat, Track, and Educate" approach https://www.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2014-11-19-major-improvements-rat-eradication-efforts
10 Most Notorious Housing Projectes In Baltimore (Maryland), various parts of Baltimore, UnitedGangsTV, Published on Mar 29, 2018, https://youtu.be/rHX6WLuh8xs
Transit union says Baltimore's subway is rat-infested, demands MTA response, Colin Campbell, THE BALTIMORE SUN | JUN 02, 2016 | 7:27 PM
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-mta-rats-20160602-story.html
Baltimore City's Pitts-Ashburton Elementary Middle School treated for rat infestation, By LILLIAN REED, THE BALTIMORE SUN | OCT 16, 2018 | 5:05 PM
https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-ci-rats-baltimore-school-20181016-story.html
Inspectors fine property owners with rat infestations in Baltimore County
WMAR-2 News, Published on May 5, 2016, Inspectors are fining people $350 for rat violations in Baltimore County. https://youtu.be/vOATmpnHT68
Video captures rat crawling on baked goods in Lexington Market, WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore, Published on Jul 13, 2018, A rat made its way through a bakery at Baltimore's Lexington Market. Cellphone video captured Thursday...showed the rat inside one of the display stands. https://youtu.be/oI9f1X5H7wU