Thousands sign petition to establish an affordable...

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More than 18,000 signatures have been obtained by a group of nonprofits and housing advocates to place an initiative on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot to create a trust fund for affordable housing in Baltimore. The ballot initiative was started by the nonprofit Housing For All Baltimore. It would be an amendment to the Baltimore City Charter because it would require funding from the city’s general fund and other sources to establish the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Private funding would also…