Mold and Mushrooms Reported Inside Baltimore Homeless Shelter, OIG Reveals

OIG report points to mold, pest infestations at city-run shelters

The Office of the Inspector General said the investigation dates back to July 2025, when the office received complaints about building conditions and the food being served.

Mold and mushrooms reported inside Baltimore homeless shelter, OIG reveals

Baltimore's Office of Inspector General investigated complaints stemming from three hotels-turned-homeless-shelters during the COVID pandemic.

Baltimore hotels turned homeless shelters face mold, fungus, maintenance problems, OIG report finds

In Baltimore, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services admits it is having difficulty getting contractors to do work on the three hotels the city bought in the middle of the decade to use as shelters. The city’s watchdog is out with findings and a call for follow-up inspections. The initial report from Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Cumming grows out of complaints from a year ago, related to those three former hotels bought by the city t…

Residents of Baltimore hotels turned homeless shelters complain of mushrooms growing in their room

A newly released Inspector General's (OIG) report sheds light on how living conditions inside of those buildings have quickly deteriorated.

Baltimore homeless shelters faced mold, pests and maintenance problems: OIG report

A Baltimore City inspector general investigation found significant maintenance and living-condition problems at homeless shelters housed in former hotels, inclu

Mushrooms and mold found inside former hotel repurposed for housing the homeless

A report by Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming finds poor living conditions and health-related issues at three city-run homeless facilities.