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By David Boraks October 12, 2020 Local officials have again rejected funding to redevelop the run-down Brookhill Village apartment complex off South Tryon Street in Charlotte. Developer Tom Hendrickson of Raleigh had asked for about $13 million. That includes $3 million from the city’s Housing Trust Fund and $10 million…

By David Boraks September 24, 2020 Despite years of public and private efforts, the number of affordable housing units is continuing to decline in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, even as the need grows. That’s among the themes in Mecklenburg County’s annual State of Housing Instability and Homelessness Report. The report…

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. David Boraks September 11, 2020 Public health officials across North Carolina are continuing to use contact tracing in hopes of limiting spread of…

This article is the second in a series that explores how the Latino, Spanish-speaking and undocumented communities have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina a through the story of the Chagoyán family in Midland. Laura Brache September 3, 2020 Ana Chagoyán lost her 40-year-old brother Juan from…

This article is the first in a series that explores how the Latino, Spanish-speaking and undocumented communities have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina a through the story of the Chagoyán family in Midland. Laura Brache September 3, 2020 Sitting at home and from her cellphone screen…

David Boraks July 30, 2020 Mecklenburg County’s health director says she’s worried that contact tracing isn’t working and that makes it hard to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Contact tracing is how public health officials try to identify and isolate anyone who has come in contact with an infectious disease.…

David Boraks July 28, 2020 Thousands of North Carolina residents are in danger of losing their homes as courts begin issuing eviction orders again this month. The threat is amplified for immigrants here illegally, whose status disqualifies them from government programs that could help pay the rent. Isamar lives in…

David Boraks July 27, 2020 Here’s a recipe for an avalanche of evictions: The state’s moratorium on evictions amid the coronavirus pandemic is over. Eviction courts have reopened. Unemployment remains high and federal benefits are running out. Mecklenburg County so far has been able to stave off evictions in about…

By David Boraks February 13, 2020 Here’s a No. 1 ranking you don’t want: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leads North Carolina with the largest population of homeless students — more than 4,700 last year. A new program by two Charlotte agencies aims to help some of those students by getting their families…

By David Boraks February 13, 2020 All but one tenant has moved out of the run-down Lake Arbor Apartments in west Charlotte after the owners ordered everyone out to make way for renovations. But a legal battle with the landlords continues, and tenants last week won a round — just…