Flaws in Baltimore’s rental license system are putting renters at risk

For the second time in a year and a half, Victor found himself in the hospital after one of his three kids woke up with excruciating pain. The first cockroach pulled from his 8-year-old’s ear was alive. Another one had died inside. Bugs were not the only problem that Victor, 33, said was plaguing his apartment in Brooklyn, a neighborhood in South Baltimore.