Zoning

Some Charlotte City Council members continue to have second thoughts about the elimination single-family zoning in Charlotte, nearly six months after the new ordinance took effect.

Last year, the City Council overturned a long-standing zoning category that designated most neighborhoods only for single-family homes. It’s meant to ease Charlotte’s tight housing market by making it easier for developers to build more types of housing — especially duplexes and triplexes. Last month, council members narrowly voted to revisit the issue.

Aaron Houck of UNC Charlotte's Urban Institute joins WFAE's Nick de la Canal to discuss how making it easier for developers to build multi-family housing could help Charlotte's affordable housing crisis.

A big factor in Mecklenburg County's affordable housing crisis is simple economics: The population is growing faster than the housing supply. To some…

In Charlotte, 84% of residential land is zoned for single-family homes. City planners here have tossed around the idea of opening those neighborhoods up…

Protest petitions are a major way citizens can object to zoning changes in their neighborhoods. The North Carolina Senate has tentatively approved a…

A bill which could change the way your neighborhood looks has made its way to Governor Pat McCrory’s desk.Under current law, cities and towns can use…

Complaints from animal rescue operations – and from their neighbors – have prompted the Charlotte city manager to have staff look into the current zoning…

One of Charlotte's fastest growing evangelical congregations is moving north – and south.Elevation Church got approval from the town of Cornelius last…