Affordable Housing

Charlotte leaders have long committed to bringing more affordable housing to the region. In October, the city announced partnering with Enterprise Community Partners to start the Faith in Housing Charlotte initiative to transform underutilized land from faith-based organizations into affordable housing. We take a look at the intersection of faith, land and policy to reshape our housing future.

The first phase of Charlotte’s mixed-use medical district just outside uptown, The Pearl, opened in July. It includes a campus of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a surgical training center, and medical technology companies. But it’s what The Pearl doesn’t include that has some city and county leaders wanting answers.

Charlotte has announced the first group of faith-based organizations joining the city’s affordable housing development program.

Residents of a mobile home park off Prosperity Church Road in northeast Charlotte could soon have to move, as a developer plans to buy the land and build apartments and stores.

What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools appears to be moving forward with a plan to build affordable housing for teachers.

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.