HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) -- The City of Hagerstown is considering a proposal for a new shelter to accommodate the unhoused.

But the proposal is getting pushback from across the Maryland border.

During the pandemic, financial services giant Citigroup left its multi-acre corporate campus north of Hagerstown vacant. The property sits right on the Maryland side of the Pennsylvania state line.

There is talk of converting the property into a "crisis center" for those needing social services, including a place to stay until they can find a home of their own.

Kamileh Scott with the Hagerstown nonprofit Horizon Goodwill said that "using vacant buildings is a perfect way to get people off the street."

But in Antrim Township, Pa., municipal administrator Chris Ardinger said, "We are concern

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