Habitat for Humanity

The organizations' boards of directors announced this week that the combined effort will serve Gaston, Iredell and Mecklenburg counties. The consolidation will become final on Oct. 1.

While North Carolina boasts the third-highest number of Habitat for Humanity homes built in the U.S. some counties lack the resources to address housing needs.

Habitat for Humanity’s critical home repair program presents an alternative that keeps residents in their homes as Charlotte gentrifies and becomes more expensive.

Some homes that Habitat for Humanity built and sold in Optimist Park in 1987 now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars more, pricing many out.

MacKenzie Scott has given $436 million to Habitat For Humanity. Local chapters in Charlotte, the Hickory area and York County, South Carolina, got more than $18 million.

Habitat for Humanity Charlotte will break ground on a development in west Charlotte on Wednesday. Habitat says this will be its largest development in the Charlotte region.

A Charlotte City Council committee is expected to discuss Wednesday whether to recommend banning housing discrimination based solely on how renters pay.…

The Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Charlotte and Lake Norman are merging, a move they say will save millions of dollars over the next decade and help…

Affordable housing efforts across the Charlotte region often focus on building new homes. But the city of Charlotte and surrounding towns increasingly are…

North Carolina’s US Senate candidates are counting down the hours to Election day Tuesday. Incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom…