Brewing Human Rights Crisis In Baltimore As City Threatens Mass Water Shutoffs

``In what residents warn is a mounting human rights crisis, the city of Baltimore has commenced sending 25,000 notices, the vast majority to city and county residents, threatening to shut off water if delinquent bills are not paid within ten days... Baltimore water rates have been raised more than 40 percent in the past three years--an increase compounded by a rise in housing prices, according to Lewis. This means many are simply unable to pay to have their basic needs met.'' -- But isn't there no inflation?