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Historic Urban Housing Once Affordable for City’s Gays is No Longer

July 30, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

BY DAVID AARON MOORE MAY 31, 2019 Charlotte native Bill Little rented this shotgun apartment (upper right) on Tremont Avenue in Dilworth in the 1980s. (Photo Credit: David Aaron Moore) There have been times when I’ve had friends visit and they invariably ask, “Where’s Charlotte’s gay neighborhood?” These days, that…

From Brooklyn to Ballantyne: The story behind Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis

June 17, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative

A light rail train passes through New Bern Street at Rail Crossing Lane station heading to uptown Charlotte. Charlotte’s history of affordable housing includes broken promises and empty gestures. Now that the city’s chronic shortage has become a crisis, leaders are responding with unprecedented resources. Will this time be different?…

‘Status quo is not working.’ Can Charlotte find solutions for affordable housing crisis?

May 26, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative

BY THE CHARLOTTE JOURNALISM COLLABORATIVE In Baltimore, families living in low-income and crime-ridden neighborhoods got extra money to move to the suburbs. In New York City, tenants threatened with eviction received free help from lawyers. And in Chatham County, Spanish-speaking immigrants who were being kicked out of a mobile home…

Housing vouchers expiring before families can use them

May 22, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

Author: Nathan Morabito Published: 6:48 PM EDT May 13, 2019 Updated: 6:48 PM EDT May 13, 2019 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than a third of low-income families in Charlotte who receive newly available federal Housing Choice vouchers can’t use them before they expire, according to an NBC Charlotte review of…

People with a criminal record have problems finding housing

March 27, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, La Noticia

By Gina Esquivel La Noticia March 27, 2019 The struggle to create accessible, low-cost housing continues in Charlotte. There is a high deficit of low-cost housing directly impacting low-income individuals. The barriers are compounded if the person has a criminal record. The impact causes high rates of indigence and poverty,…

Companies, city form partnership to tackle affordable housing in Charlotte

January 15, 2019

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

Bank of America, Ally Financial and Barings will invest more than $70 million to help low-income residents who can’t keep up with rising rents. By WCNC Staff Three organizations teamed up with the city of Charlotte Tuesday to help tackle the affordable housing crisis. Bank of America, Ally Financial, and…

Company bought hundreds of houses. Now, poor are getting ‘priced out,’ critics say

December 5, 2018

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer

By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Anna Douglas and Julianna Rennie The Charlotte Observer Over the last decade, out-of-state rental companies have bought thousands of houses across Charlotte, raising rents in a city already struggling with a shortage of affordable housing. For Angela Campbell the news still came as a shock earlier this…

Charlotte spent millions on low-income housing, but poor people can’t afford it

October 18, 2018

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer

David T. Foster III | DTFOSTER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM Curtis Simpson and his longtime partner, Tameka Boone, said their east Charlotte duplex has roaches, mold and plumbing problems. Simpson wants to move to a new home, but says his $25,500 a year salary as a school custodian isn’t enough for safe and decent…

To bring more affordable housing, Charlotte could sell or donate publicly owned land

September 24, 2018

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer

Richard Simmons, 72, of Matthews tells Charlotte City Council that he wants to put a face on the data that show rents are rising in the Charlotte area. BY JEFF SINER By Ely Portillo The Charlotte Observer When it comes to affordable housing, the missing ingredient is often land. To…

A developer broke his pledge to build affordable housing near uptown, a jury found

September 6, 2018

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer

A community group in one of Charlotte’s oldest predominantly black neighborhoods has won a large verdict against a developer after a jury found the developer broke promises to build affordable housing on land purchased for below market value. For more on this story, see the Charlotte Observer: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article217814295.html Outreach OverviewOutreach OverviewTeen…