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By Nate Morabito December 10, 2020 A North Carolina program is helping 3,000 families pay their rent and utilities, but some landlords are failing to accept the government help. North Carolina reports its Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program has paid out more than $9.16 million in rental…

By Savannah Levins November 17, 2020 While this particular story won’t have a caped superhero fly in to save the day, it does show real truth, and fear, and hope and heroes nonetheless. For decades, comic books have immersed readers in new worlds — in stories that make readers root…

This story was reported by David Boraks of WFAE, Nate Morabito of WCNC-TV and Lauren Lindstrom of The Charlotte Observer as part of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative. Nate Morabito, David Boraks September 11, 2020 Despite more than 56,000 positive COVID-19 cases in the Charlotte region, area health departments have only successfully tracked the…

Nate Morabito August 3, 2020 MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — Contact tracing is considered one of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but Mecklenburg County Health Director Gibbie Harris said the longtime epidemiology practice is not working. In fact, she said Mecklenburg County is having so much trouble,…

Nate Morabito May 13, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the pandemic renewing a push for the City of Charlotte to rely on outside-the-box solutions to address its affordable housing crisis, a local designer’s idea has received initial support from city officials, including the mayor. Jon Kavajian doesn’t think shipping containers…

Nate Morabito April 23, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — To protect Charlotte’s homeless and the greater community, Mecklenburg County is expected to add another dozen handwashing stations and portable bathrooms in areas of the county where they’re needed, according to public records. County officials are expected to announce those plans at…

With COVID-19 costing so many people their jobs, members of the Charlotte City Council expressed support for outside-the-box housing options. By Nate Morabito April 7, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The coronavirus pandemic is renewing a push for Charlotte to use shipping containers for affordable housing, especially as more and more…

By Nathan Morabito February 18, 2020 A Nashville developer is using the nation’s surplus of shipping containers to build affordable housing unit and his idea is a possible solution Charlotte might want to consider. Stacked three-high, shipping containers welded to piers now dominate the landscape of Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood just…