Wells Fargo to provide $4.5M in assistance for Baltimore homebuyers

Wells Fargo & Co. unveiled on Monday a $4.5 million public-private partnership with Baltimore City to provide grants to new homebuyers.

The partnership, in conjunction with NeighborWorks America and Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, is part of Wells Fargo’s CityLIFT program. CityLIFT was started after the San Francisco-based banking giant paid $175 million in 2012 to settle a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit alleging the company discriminated against African-American and Hispanic mortgage…