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Supportive House Communities is closing on a deal to buy the St. John's Apartment Complex on St. John Church Road. The complex will be for people who have been homeless. Charlotte officials are working to build more affordable housing, and often focus on people earning 80 percent of the area’s median income. (Photo by ALEX KORMANN)

Does Charlotte have wrong focus in building affordable housing?

By Steve Harrison and Ely Portillo

Published: Sept.  15, 2017 02:55 PM, updated Sept.  15, 2017 05:27 PM

Has Charlotte’s strategy for building affordable housing been wrong?

For the second time in five years, a city-hired consultant has said the city’s biggest need is to help Charlotte’s poorest residents – not people like teachers and firefighters, who have received most of the city’s focus.

The consultant’s report touched off controversy among some housing advocates, as well as city officials, who said the two consultants’ findings were being misconstrued and shouldn’t be taken as a firm recommendation.

For more on this story, see The Charlotte Observer: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article173546946.html

 

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Solutions Journalism Network launched the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative in 2019, a partnership of six major media companies and other local institutions focusing on issues of major importance to the Charlotte region. The collaborative is supported by $150,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its $300 million commitment to rebuild the future of local journalism, essential to a functioning democracy.

The Charlotte Journalism Collaborative (CJC) is modeled on the Solutions Journalism Network method of investigating and reporting news with a primary focus on solutions to community problems. “At a time when local journalism jobs are disappearing and trust in media has hit an all-time low, the Solutions Journalism Network has taken on the challenge by organizing collaborative journalism reporting projects that promote excellent reporting and civic dialogue. the model has the potential to be part of a new wave of great local reporting, which is vital to building strong communities,” said Karen Rundlet, Knight Foundation director for journalism.

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