Housing Authority officials haven’t closed the door on the idea of a rent abatement for residents of Poe Homes, where a water main break left residents without water for much of last week.

But for the moment they warn residents not to withhold their monthly rental payment.

“We will address your abatement question as we move forward, but for now residents should pay their rent in full on July 1 as normal,” Janet Abrahams, executive director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), said in an emailed statement.

“Our focus during the water outage was addressing the emergency and ensuring that our residents were served,” Abrahams said. “Now our engineers are collaborating with DPW engineers to find a permanent resolution to the water main break.”

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