BALTIMORE — City leaders say the proposed change could help address housing affordability, but residents in some neighborhoods worry about increased parking problems and want a more nuanced approach.

Baltimore is considering eliminating parking minimums for new developments as part of a broader effort to address the city's housing affordability crisis, a step more than 100 cities have also taken including Buffalo, NY, Austin, TX and Denver, CO.

The proposal, 25-0065 or the "Spaces for People Act" introduced as part of a greater set of bills for the "Housing Option Opportunity Housing Act," would remove requirements that force developers to include a certain number of parking spaces in new buildings. City Council is expected to take up the bill for a second reading at Monday night's mee

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