Affordable Housing

Many low-income homeowners live in older houses that are less energy efficient and more vulnerable to storm damage. When money’s already tight, costly repairs and high energy bills can threaten their health — and even whether they can stay in their homes.

Families on the brink of homelessness gathered in uptown Charlotte on Monday, asking for more transparency about housing support intended to keep them sheltered.

Mecklenburg County selected The Peebles Corporation to develop Brooklyn Village nine years ago. Nothing has been built in Charlotte and the firm has delayed projects in other cities.

Mecklenburg County commissioners selected The Peebles Corporation in 2016 to redevelop Brooklyn Village in Second Ward. Nothing has been built.

Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.

On Tuesday, city and community leaders gathered in northeast Charlotte to break ground on Bishop Madison Homes, a new affordable housing development.

Part of a three-day event took place over the weekend in one of Charlotte’s low-income Corridors of Opportunity, aiming to help residents reach their dream of homeownership.

The city of Charlotte said Monday that the Peebles Corp. financials for Brooklyn Village are "challenging."

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

“People are operating from a sense of fear … especially when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” is how author and journalist Clint Smith describes the climate in America. Smith, who wrote the bestseller, "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," talks to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about the important role history plays in understanding today's America.