What’s next for affordable housing in Charlotte?
Pandemic reshapes housing landscape, city grapples with solutions
The closure of a rundown motel is the latest test to Charlotte’s push to find people homes fast
A rundown motel in west Charlotte is closing this week after the city deemed it unsafe. That means about 70 residents had to find new homes quickly. That’s a tall […]
‘There’s an urgent demand for solutions’ | NC group unveils plan for affordable housing
On Flashpoint, Carolina Forward outlines its plan to make housing more affordable.
CMS hopes affordable housing is the key to keeping teachers. Will it work?
Delmonica Gallipeau, a 7th grade English Language Arts teacher at Quail Hollow Middle School, took a roundabout path to education. She got her teaching degree in 1992, but spent more […]
Charlotte mother on track to buy a home, thanks to affordable housing program
NACA offers mortgages below market rate and doesn’t require down payments or closing costs.
Where housing needs are huge after Helene’s wrath, tiny cabins offer shelter in NC
After Helene’s rains struck, Thomas Whiteside and his grandson watched a creek near their Black Mountain house rise hundreds of feet in minutes. Had they waited to evacuate, they would […]
Alternatives for housing challenges in Charlotte
Sharing a living space with friends or family is a good way to cut back on expenses and save money. All around the United States, housing, buying and renting costs […]
Homeownership is getting harder to achieve in Charlotte, housing study says
She hopes her story will inspire people who are struggling to reach out to local resources for help.
Cheaper Charlotte rent, home price cuts revealed in CMS plan to recruit teachers
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on Thursday announced plans it hopes will attract and retain teachers with reduced rents, lower home prices and even complexes built by the district itself. CMS announced plans […]
Tenants at northwest Charlotte hotel say things have gotten worse as power, gas cut off
Alicia Harvey was reading a book and eating breakfast warmed on a hot plate with her daughter when the electricity in her room at the Lamplighter Inn went out around […]
