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A Pathway to Homeownership

ReBUILD’s Path to Own program is a free resource designed to help aspiring homebuyers achieve their goals of homeownership while building generational wealth in growing communities.

Homeownership Is Possible

Many Baltimore families are closer than they realize to being able to buy their first home. Path to Own offers aspiring homebuyers individualized support in obtaining the training, resources, financing, and incentives they need to achieve sustainable homeownership. Throughout the process, we help individuals build faith that homeownership is within their reach.

ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP

Learn about the homeownership process and what it entails. You may be able to buy a home without increasing your monthly costs!

FREE TO ALL WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

2026 WORKSHOP DATES: October 27

* 2027 Dates Coming Soon – Signup below to get notified

(Select preferred date via the sign up today link below).

TIME: 6PM TO 8PM

LOCATION: The Hammond (Community Room) — 1100 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore MD 21202

Light Refreshments Will Be Served

The Advantages of Homeownership

By completing the pathway to homeownership, you can achieve the following benefits:

  • Becoming homebuyer-ready helps you build financial knowledge and confidence. When you own your home, you can alter it how you like. Your mortgage payments will be predictable from year to year. You can plant roots and ensure you have stable housing in the community you choose. As your home gains value, your wealth and financial security will grow.

By accessing tailored mortgage products and Baltimore’s variety of down payment assistance programs, many homebuyers can realize all of these benefits without experiencing an increase in their monthly housing costs.

Supporting Those who Face the Greatest Barriers

ReBUILD recognizes that generations of African American Baltimoreans have faced especially great systemic barriers and discriminatory practices that have prevented them from having equal access to homeownership. With a focus on ReBUILD Metro residents and other residents in the East Baltimore neighborhoods we serve, we designed Path to Own to foster a more equitable Baltimore where all people and families are able to build wealth as their neighborhoods grow.

How Path to Own Works

Path to Own begins by helping participants to assess their financial situations and to determine what they need to do to become ready to purchase a home. If homeownership is within reach, Path to Own works to break down barriers by offering the following resources and guidance:

  • Homebuyer Workshops: We provide introductory workshops to help homebuyers gain a basic understanding of what the process involves and how it works.
  • Homebuying Counseling: We support participants in connecting with HUD-certified counseling programs, helping them access the knowledge and guidance they need to overcome their uncertainties and to prepare for successful homeownership.
  • Lending and Financial Resources: We connect participants with mortgage programs that offer advantageous first-time homebuyer incentives, and we help them access an array of down payment assistance programs that can bring their down payment costs close to zero.
  • One-on-One Support: We check in regularly with participants to assess their progress and help them work towards their next step in accessing an affordable mortgage, identifying a home, and overcoming any other obstacles they may be facing.

Good Homes Change Lives

Kiara

“Now I can walk to work, and I can walk my daughter to school. I feel happy to be waking up here every day and feeling like ‘this is my home.’ I just cannot believe it’s mine.”

— Kiara

Path to Own Homebuyer

Join Our Path to Own Program

To Inquire about Joining Path to Own, call 410-563-6220 or email [email protected].

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What a 20th Anniversary Celebration! A birthday b What a 20th Anniversary Celebration!

A birthday belongs to an individual—but an anniversary celebrates something we build TOGETHER. So when we came together with 150 of our neighbors, partners, friends, and community members to celebrate ReBUILD Metro’s 20th Anniversary last week, it was a celebration of all of us and how we have been rebuilding Baltimore’s neighborhoods TOGETHER. How we have changed Baltimore’s story TOGETHER. How we are proving that transformational community-driven redevelopment is possible TOGETHER.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to celebrate this milestone with us, to everyone who has made our work possible for the last two decades, and to every one of you who continues to believe in a brighter future for all of Baltimore's families and communities.

Special thanks to:
❤️ Food/Drink: @merakitchencollective
❤️ Community Art: @empactart.life
❤️ Music: @toddmarcusjazz
❤️ Décor: Sieck Floral Group
❤️ Our Hosts: @rebuildjohnstonsquare

And to @_shotsbyki_ and @uncleiso for capturing this joyful occasion.

#Baltimore #NeighborhoodRevitalization #EastBaltimore
🏡 Ready to take the next step toward homeownership 🏡 Ready to take the next step toward homeownership?

Join us for the Path to Own Homebuying Workshop and discover your pathway to becoming a homeowner! Learn about the homebuying process, debt-to-income requirements, first-time homebuyer incentives, and more.

✨ You may be able to buy a home without increasing your monthly housing costs!

📅 Tuesday, October 27, 2026
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 The Hammond – Community Room
1100 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202
🍽️ Light refreshments served

👉 Ready to get started?
Click the REGISTER – Path to Own link in our bio.

#PathToOwn #BaltimoreHomeownership #FirstTimeHomebuyer #HomebuyingWorkshop #ReBUILDMetro
This past Saturday, we celebrated the unveiling of This past Saturday, we celebrated the unveiling of the Johnston Square Community Bench at the Hammond of Greenmount Park, behind the new Johnston Square @Prattlibrary Branch. 

We are so grateful to @empactart for their tremendous effort and creativity in conceptualizing and manifesting this artwork--and to and the 800+ community members who designed or glazed the mosaic tiles that are now bound together as a joyful expression of togetherness and community. 

This bench truly reflects the legacy of community regrowth and unity that @rebuildjohnstonsquare and Johnston Square's leaders are building for current and future generations.

#JohnstonSquare #Baltimore #PublicArt #CommunityStrong #ReBUILDMetro
Three Homes. One Open House. 🏠 Looking for a home Three Homes. One Open House. 🏠

Looking for a home in East Baltimore? Why visit just one when you can tour three different ReBUILD Metro homes in one afternoon?

We are hosting three open houses right after the @livebaltimore Fall 2026 Trolley Tour. Find our table at the Trolley Tour’s City Living Fair, then come on out to Johnston Square to see our beautifully restored homes up close!

📅 Saturday, October 3
🕧 12:30–2:30 PM

📍 726 Mura St.
3 bedrooms | 2.5 baths | $285,000

Part of the transformation of Mura Street, this renovated combined home offers an open-concept layout and modern finishes.

📍 1316 Homewood Ave.
2 bedrooms | 2.5 baths | $250,000

A more compact option with a comfortable layout—directly across from the Johnston Square Farm.

📍 733 E. Preston St.
3 bedrooms | 2.5 baths | $240,000

A spacious home with room to grow, offering 3 bedrooms and more than 2,000 square feet of living space.

Three homes. Three different possibilities. One afternoon to explore them all.

Walk through the homes, compare layouts, ask questions and get a feel for what homeownership in Johnston Square could look like for you.

To learn more about our homes, click the “Buy With Us” link in our bio.

Sales: @kimbartongroup

#BaltimoreRealEstate #EastBaltimore #JohnstonSquare #BaltimoreHomebuyers #Homeownership
This week, ReBUILD President Sean Closkey, Rebuild This week, ReBUILD President Sean Closkey, Rebuild Johnston Square Director Regina Hammond, ReBUILD Board Chair George Hopkins, and Baltimore Acting Housing Commissioner Tim Keane presented at the 2026 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference in Pittsburgh on how Baltimore is using a "Whole Blocks" strategy to rebuild abandoned properties and revitalize neighborhoods at scale. 

Thanks to @community.progress for the opportunity to share our model with community builders across the country.
 
Learn more about ReBUILD's community-driven redevelopment model:
CLICK the link in our BIO and CLICK the BUTTON labeled "GUIDEBOOKS: Community Driven Redevelopment & Process for Scattered Site Rehab"
 
#RVP26

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